{"id":355875,"date":"2026-06-30T15:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355875\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:49:34","slug":"office-building-fire-forces-evacuation-firefighter-treated-for-heat-exhaustion-hfd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355875\/","title":{"rendered":"Office building fire forces evacuation, firefighter treated for heat exhaustion, HFD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 28, 2026 2:26AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Firefighter treated for heat exhaustion during fire response, HFD says\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; An attic fire in a commercial office building forced the building&#8217;s evacuation and led to a firefighter being treated for heat exhaustion, according to the Houston Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The flames ignited in the 6000 block of Richmond Avenue in west Houston on Saturday afternoon, according to firefighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Deputy Fire Chief Bryan Sky-Eagle said investigators suspect the fire began as an electrical problem in the building&#8217;s attic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Office employees in the building were forced to evacuate as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;There were no injuries to civilians, but we are evaluating one captain firefighter who experienced heat exhaustion,&#8221; Sky-Eagle said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Images from the scene showed firefighters cleaning up the aftermath of the fire and broken windows.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19398716_062726-ktrk-TN-richmond-building-fire-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Images from the scene showed firefighters cleaning up the aftermath of the fire and broken windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sky-Eagle said that firefighters did not hear any fire alarms or see any sprinklers activated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Firefighters said the fire was under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, June 28, 2026 2:26AM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; An attic fire in a commercial office building forced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[126580,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-355875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-126580","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355875","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=355875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}