By Courtney Carpenter, ABC13 Houston.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dozens of families are without a home to start the New Year after a fire started at a southwest Houston apartment early Thursday morning, according to the Houston Fire Department.
HFD says firefighters were called to the Bayou West Condominiums on Club Creek Drive around 1 a.m.
They say that when firefighters arrived, a balcony and the roof of one building were already on fire.
HFD says low water pressure made it more difficult to extinguish the fire.
The fire department says they found fireworks in the courtyard area and believe people shooting them off is what started the fire.
“Not only is it illegal to have fireworks in the Houston area, but this is unsafe. We’ve got children, we’ve got families, and they are all put out of a home tonight, so this is a very tragic start to the New Year,” said Bryan Sky- Eagle, a Deputy Chief with the Houston Fire Department.
No one was hurt, according to fire officials.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to one building. HFD says about 60 people are now without a home.
The fire department says Red Cross has been called in to help those families.
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