The controlled burn at Spring Stuebner and Kuykendahl continues to burn, The fire was set close to 8 am according to the contractor for the new shopping center. Close to 2pm the fire hit the remaining piles with the high winds and erupted. Smoke could be seen from the Greenspoint area. As a large black cloud rose into the air fire calls started to come in for a house fire in North Hampton and several others. Also the new apartments at Northcrest and Spring Stuebner were reported to be on fire. All those calls we unfounded as people were seeing the smoke and reporting where they thought the fire was. One caller said it was two blocks from her home when in fact it was close to a mile and wasn’t a house as she reported. There were no structures in the proximity of the blaze.
Spring Stuebner was closed for over an hour as fire units stood by waiting on Harris County Environmental to respond and determine if there in fact were any permits held by the contractor.
The intense heat could be felt on Spring Stuebner and at times smoke would block vision on Spring Stuebner.
Spring Fire Department will continue to monitor the situation.
