{"id":469067,"date":"2026-10-17T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469067\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:10:21","slug":"emergency-crews-respond-to-mulch-yard-fire-in-southeast-houston-fire-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469067\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency crews respond to mulch yard fire in southeast Houston, fire department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Fire crews are working to extinguish a fire at a mulch yard in southeast Houston on Saturday morning, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Houston Fire Department said it received the call about the fire at about 8 a.m., located on Haynesworth Lane near Beltway 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said it is unclear how big the fire is, and as of 8:30 a.m., the fire had not been contained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In an update at about 11:50 a.m., HFD said that crews may be there for at least 12 hours, but added that they do not expect the fire to spread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities described the incident as very large mulch piles burning. HFD explained that crews needed to tear mulch piles apart, and when they sprayed water on them, it would just bounce off the top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials added that the main issue is water supply, which they explained was a distance away from the site due to the layout of the water lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HFD said there are no reported injuries. The cause of the fire is still being determined, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Houston TranStar cameras captured images of the smoke from the blaze near Beltway 8.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" 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\/10\/19947737_mulch-yard-fire-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Eyewitness News is continuing to gather facts.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Fire crews are working to extinguish a fire at a mulch yard in southeast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[159533,9906,254,56,58,57,9907],"class_list":["post-469067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-159533","tag-abc13-live-stream","tag-breaking-news","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-streaming-updates-from-houston-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469067","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=469067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}