HUMBLE, Texas – Several fire crews battled a multi-alarm fire at a plastics manufacturing building in Humble early Tuesday.
It happened in the 1700 block of Treble Lane near Wilson Road.
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Around five to seven employees were inside at the time of the fire, according to officials. All of them safely escaped.
The fire caused the roof to collapse, making it difficult for crews to battle against the fire.
“Once that roof fell down on it we had trouble getting the hose stream into the fire load,” said Humble Fire Marshal James Nykaza. “It’s very challenging when you’re dealing with a hydrocarbon or a plastic like this, it just doesn’t like to go out like paper does. You have to put a lot of water on it.”
Additional firefighters with Atascocita, Porter, Spring, Aldine, and Houston assisted in the fire.
Humble FD officials said firefighters responded to the fire at 1 a.m. When they arrived, they discovered what appeared to be propane tanks gassing and detonating in the fire, damaging power lines and transformers.
CenterPoint crews were called to turn the power off as fire crews continued to work the blaze.
A Jewish synagogue was located next to the building, but it did not appear to be impacted by the fire.
No injuries were reported.
Harris County Pollution Control Services were at the scene and determined no hazardous materials were found in the air.
The fire remains under investigation at this time.