In June 2023, Jerene Buckles paid nearly $35,000 as a deposit for a home she believed would replace the one her family lost in a devastating fire, but no home was built and she never received her money back.

A homeless man is being hailed as a hero after risking his life to save Houston firefighters during a devastating 3-alarm fire.

Guiding Light Baptist Church, one of Acres Homes' most historic churches, was destroyed in a tragic fire on October 23, 2024. A GoFundMe page has been launched to gather support, with donations of funds and building supplies greatly appreciated to help restore this important place of refuge.

A procession of firefighters and first responders escorted the body of a fallen Houston firefighter from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home Sunday morning.

Fire crews are at the scene of a large fire burning in Northwest Houston.

Investigators say 20 units in the apartment complex were destroyed. No one was injured but more than 40 residents are now without a home because the building was completely destroyed.

A nationwide shortage of firefighters impacts the Houston Fire Department. KPRC 2′s Zach Lashway explains what is being done to get more people to join HFD.

A man and a toddler have been taken to a hospital after a house fire in the Cloverleaf area of Harris County.

A firefighter has been injured while battling a 2-alarm fire at an apartment complex on Houston’s Richmond Avenue.

More than 100 firefighters were called to assist, and at one point—a mayday was called when a firefighter was separated from his company.

Officials say the driver was the only person in the car and was found dead in the fiery, crashed-out vehicle.

One month ago today, a car crashed into a nearby pipeline in Deer Park resulting in an explosion and massive fire.

Fierce flames and heartbreaking destruction at the Creole On Yorktown apartment complex, as close to 30 cars and trucks go up in flames in the middle of a massive fire inside the parking garage.

Nearly 30 vehicles were consumed by flames at a parking lot in west Houston early Monday.

Authorities are looking into what caused a serious blaze in a west Houston parking lot where up to 30 vehicles were destroyed.

Firefighters have contained a large fire that started at a business that makes wooden palettes in the eastern part of Houston.

There were some small brush fires in the Addicks Reservoir in west Houston Sunday.

Investigators say a homeowner was able to get out of the home safely but the home was completely destroyed and the flames spread out to about two cars in the driveway.

According to James Pennington, Deputy Chief with the Houston Fire Department, firefighters got the call at 11:56 a.m. from an apartment at 3200 Truxillo Street.

Residents in the Deer Park area are finally able to return home as progress is made on the pipeline fire that erupted after an SUV drove over a natural gas pipeline, causing an explosion.

The fire is getting smaller (slowly) but streets are still closed and some families are still out of their homes.

Amber Leal was at work and noticed video of large flames on the TV. A pipeline fire was in full force in Deer Park. She noticed the cross streets on the screen were in the East Meadow neighborhood.

A routine trip to Walmart turned into a nightmare for Cherie Richard and her husband as they witnessed a vehicle crash into a gas pump in Deer Park, causing a massive explosion.

Sky 2 our KPRC 2 helicopter hovered over the pipeline fire the following morning after it was reported and found the flames were still shooting out.

Property owners dealing with losses caused by the massive pipeline fire in Deer Park fire are still trying to process the news. Soon, many of them will begin an insurance claims process.

People are asking questions about a car seen feet away from the pipeline fire in Deer Park Monday.

A few Pasadena police officers took it upon themselves to check on a home that was a few yards away from a large pipeline fire in Deer Park.

A massive pipeline fire in Deer Park, Texas, has led to significant evacuations and concerns over the intense flames and thick black smoke.

Officials say Spencer Highway is currently closed in both directions and the area surrounding Walmart and H-E-B is blocked off to traffic.

A large fire has been reported at a chemical plant in Baytown Monday afternoon.

The Cy-Fair Fire Department is currently battling a massive trash fire at a metal recycling plant in northwest Houston.

Crews are battling flames after a large fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in north Harris County.

Firefighters say there were no injuries reported after the fire but two rooms inside the home were heavily damaged.

Fire officials say a 60-year-old man was found dead after a fire at a mobile home in Channelview.

A fire that killed seven people in a South Korean hotel was possibly made worse by the lack of sprinklers.

Firefighters responded to a house fire off Plains River Drive in the Cypress Mill Subdivision around 7 a.m. Sunday morning. That’s where they found the bodies of Richard, her boyfriend, Kolin Foster and his mother, Kelly Masciarelli.

Precinct 4 deputies responded to a house fire early this morning in Cypress, where three bodies are believed to have been found inside the home on the 14600 block of Plains River.

Authorities responded to the scene of a transformer fire at a gas plant in southeast Harris County Sunday.

Precinct 4 deputies responded to a house fire early this morning in Cypress, where three bodies are believed to have been found inside the home on the 14600 block of Plains River.

The fire broke out around 9:30 a.m. Friday at the “Tia Pancha” flea market on Airline Drive and West Road.

A devastating fire in Baytown on Friday has resulted in the death of an unidentified man. The fire broke out in the 200 block of Independence Highway, and despite the efforts of the Highland Fire Department, the man was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and southbound lanes on Independence Parkway are currently closed.

Firefighters say the couple suffered from serious burns and smoke inhalation. It's unclear what caused the fire.

Loved ones left balloons and candles for the girls outside what used to be their home.

The fire started at 12:48 a.m. on Smokey Oak Road in the Village of Panther Creek subdivision.

Houston firefighters responded to a fire on Albacore Drive at the Monterra Condominiums early Sunday morning, where three juveniles were confirmed dead, according to HFD.

Texas emergency officials have already prepared more than 100 firefighters, emergency personnel, and over 25 fire engines, command vehicles, and equipment to send as the state battles ongoing wildfires in northern California.

A raging fire forced a family in the South Acres neighborhood out of their home just hours after they got electricity back on Tuesday.

The Baytown Fire Department said it happened in the 10000 block of Sweet Gun Lane.

Firefighters tell KPRC 2 reporter Bryce Newberry the blaze may have been caused by a possible electrical fire that tore through four units of the flea market.

The building in Luling, which is east of San Antonio along I-10, caught fire around 10:30 a.m. Monday, according to Southeast Caldwell County VFD.

The Tarkington Volunteer Fire department is praising one of their own after he responded to a call on his own in hopes of saving a Grandmother and baby girl believed to be about nine months old.Captain Doc Sikes said he was at home when he got alerted to a mobile home on CR 2198 near Cleveland.“I know the area, I know the members of the department and where they live I was going to be the only one coming to this station anyway just because of work schedules,” Sikes said. “So I knew me waiting around for hopefully somebody else to show up would be pretty much out of the ordinary so I pretty much had it pre-determined that once I got to the station, I was just going to put my stuff on and go,” said Sikes.Sikes’ arrived on scene in a matter of minutes.“Any firemen that I know, that I pride myself in knowing would have made the exact same call,” Sikes saidTarkington Fire Chief Paul Gregory said Captain Sikes immediately went to work.“He put a ladder in the window where they confirmed the victims were last and made entry, found the Grandmother, pulled her to the window and that’s was about the same time the engine from here arrived and was able to assist getting her out to no avail, she was already deceased,” said Chief Gregory.Captain Sikes and his fellow firefighters went back in the mobile home to search for the baby girl but she too had died.“This is a very unfortunate circumstance for the fire department, for the family involved,” Sikes said.Chief Gregory told KPRC 2 He was proud of Sikes decision making.lot of times they say you should wait, but you have victims, especially a baby. These guys aren't waiting,” said Chief Gregory.Chief Gregory added that counselors and chaplains will be made available to anybody in his department who needed them.

A volunteer fire department was closest in the area so when the first responding firefighter arrived, he saw heavy flames coming from the mobile home. He tried to break through to try and rescue the grandmother and baby inside, but it was sadly too late.

A tanker truck caught fire after being hit by an SUV on Highway 290 between Houston and Austin.

After hours of burning, a fire at a northeast Harris County recycling facility has been extinguished.

Two Houston-area firefighters have been hospitalized due to smoke inhalation responding to a garbage fire in northeast Harris County.

One person has died in a house fire in south Houston.

The Houston Fire Department is investigating after a home in the eastern part of the city caught fire Sunday.

The southbound lanes of IH-45 have reopened following a fiery crash involving a 18-wheeler fuel truck Saturday night.

The house Jennifer Guerra grew up in and has lived in for 23 years, is gone.

There was no power in the church, but investigators aren't sure if that's due to the effects of last week's storms. Additionally, the church was supposed to be vacant, and no injuries were reported - but it's unclear if someone might have been squatting.

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Crews are at the scene at 8282 Park Place Blvd. and are working to put out the fire at this time.

Authorities say a neighbor called 911 after a home was caught on fire. Responding firefighters said they found a man inside the house during the blaze, unresponsive.

Authorities are at the scene of a house fire in northwest Harris County.

Fire broke out at the Turkey Leg Hut warehouse near Houston's Third Ward late Saturday night.

Fire broke out at Turkey Leg Hut near Houston's Third Ward late Saturday night.

The fire was so intense, fire officials said, that flames were more than 40-50 feet in the air at times, prompting between 60 - 80 firefighters to respond and extinguish the blaze.

The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office is responding to an urgent situation involving a flash fire at a chemical plant in eastern Harris County.

Firefighters were able to distinguish a large blaze before anyone was injured at The Woodlands Mall.

A Cinemark movie theater in Spring closed Saturday morning after a fire broke out on the roof.

A fire in an apartment in southwest Houston has left one firefighter with injuries.

A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong has killed at least five people and left another 36 injured.

One person was killed in a two-alarm apartment fire in Southwest Houston.

Firefighters are currently at the scene of a building which has caught fire in southeast Houston.

A Spring area family dealing with severe medical issues is now on the brink of homelessness. This comes after they say their property manager told them they have to leave because their daughter accidentally started a small fire that was immediately put out by the sprinkler system.

A mulch fire at Frank's Nursery in Richmond sparks a multi-day response effort as multiple fire departments and agencies collaborate to control and dismantle the fire.

The Galveston Police Department said they have made an arrest in connection to a case of arson where a 55-year-old woman died on Feb. 29.

The Turkey Leg Hut’s business office caught on fire Saturday morning in Houston’s Museum District.

One person has died in a building fire on Artale Street near the Westpark Tollway in Houston.

Firefighters continue to battle the monster Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle on Sunday and a new fire is threatening another small community in the region.

An estimated 32 people have been displaced by a fire at a southwest Houston apartment complex Saturday.

Several Houston Fire Department firefighters were hospitalized after getting injured while working to put out a fire in an abandoned restaurant in east downtown Houston on Saturday, HFD said.

As the largest wildfire in Texas history continues to rage in the panhandle, hundreds of firefighters are rushing to help put out the flames.

As the largest wildfire in Texas history continues to burn, firefighters from across the state, including SE Texas, are on the front lines of the battle to keep homes from burning.

A man died, and a woman was hospitalized due to an apartment fire in northwest Houston, according to the Houston Fire Department.

Firefighters battled a large fire at an apartment complex in Texas City Wednesday morning, the Texas City Fire Department said.

A man was taken to the hospital after his house caught on fire on Monday, the Houston Fire Department said.

A 10 year-old was flown to the hospital after a mobile home caught on fire Monday morning, according to the Deer Park Fire Department.

The Houston Fire Department is investigating after a high-rise fire at a hotel overnight.

Multiple fire agencies were working to put out a 5-alarm fire at a storage facility in Spring early Thursday morning.

Houston firefighters visited a north Houston neighborhood on Tuesday to share fire safety information with residents after a mother and her child were killed in a house fire in the area.

A mother and her infant son died in a early morning house fire in Houston’s Northside neighborhood on Saturday.

Two people died in a house fire in north Houston on Saturday, according to the Houston Fire Department.

The department said they are out in the 6700 block of Midfield Drive working to put out the fire as of 10 p.m. Thursday.

Officials said that two people were rescued after a fire broke out at a home near Fifth Ward early Wednesday morning.

A fire has been reported at a plant in Freeport. According to officials, flames broke out at the Shintech Freeport Plant Monday morning.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in northeast Houston on Tuesday, and people are possibly trapped inside, according to the Houston Fire Department.

A fire in an oven aboard an American Airlines flight forced it to land at Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday.

Three people died in a house fire on Sunday in Galveston, according to the Galveston Fire Department.

A man died in a house fire on Saturday in south Houston.