Patrons at a northwest Houston laundromat were forced to evacuate Sunday night after a car fire spread to the building, Houston Fire Department officials said.
HFD responded to a vehicle fire near West Tidwell Road and Yale Street around 8 p.m. Sunday that spread to the laundromat’s awning, according to HFD spokesperson Raul Reyes.
The burning car was parked outside the shopping strip when flames spread to an awning attached to the building’s roof, Reyes said.
“When the car caught fire they evacuated the building,” he said.
There was no one in the vehicle at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.
The driver told reporters off camera that she believed her vehicle was targeted, according to Click2Houston, though HFD would not confirm that claim, but did confirm this is an arson investigation.
The extent of the damage to the vehicle and building is still being assessed, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation, Reyes said.