{"id":361870,"date":"2026-07-05T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:39:07","slug":"house-catches-on-fire-in-northwest-harris-county-due-to-improperly-disposed-fireworks-cy-fair-fire-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361870\/","title":{"rendered":"House catches on fire in northwest Harris County due to improperly disposed fireworks, Cy-Fair Fire Department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A house in northwest Harris County caught on fire overnight due to improperly disposed fireworks, the Cy-Fair Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/what-do-leftover-fireworks-how-properly-dispose-according-officials\/19449694\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Have leftover fireworks? How to properly dispose of them, according to officials<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the fire department, crews responded to River Garden Drive in the Copperfield Subdivision, where they discovered heavy fire and smoke conditions in the rear of the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said that the residents of the house were able to get out safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The blaze was started by fireworks not being properly disposed of, according to the fire officials. They then advised the public to soak all used fireworks for at least eight hours before disposing of the debris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/pickup-truck-catches-fire-due-improperly-disposed-fireworks-montgomery-county-marshals-office-says\/19448238\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Truck catches on fire due to improperly disposed of fireworks: Montgomery Co. Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A house in northwest Harris County caught on fire overnight due to improperly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128420,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-361870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-128420","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361870","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=361870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}