{"id":355833,"date":"2026-06-30T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:07:18","slug":"hfd-says-1-arrested-after-20-people-rescued-from-apartments-after-fire-breaks-out-tuesday-near-westridge-and-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355833\/","title":{"rendered":"HFD says 1 arrested after 20 people rescued from apartments after fire breaks out Tuesday near Westridge and Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The Houston Fire Department has confirmed that at least 20 people were rescued from a two-alarm apartment fire early Tuesday morning, and one person was detained as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The fire broke out at the complex near Westridge Street and Main, just west of NRG Stadium, just before 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SkyEye13 flew over the scene after crews worked to extinguish the flames, but some smoke was still visible coming from a unit on the third floor. HFD said the fire expanded to three buildings and 16 units were impacted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to arson investigators, the person had been detained in connection with the fire and is being questioned. Investigators are also reviewing photos and videos taken by residents at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/20531316728\/posts\/10154009990506729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HFD on Facebook,<\/a> several people were rescued from their balconies, including one person with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HFD also confirmed that at least one person was sent to the hospital for observation and one firefighter had to be treated at the scene, but returned to service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The Houston Fire Department has confirmed that at least 20 people were rescued from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[126569,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-355833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-126569","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}