Mobile Home Fire in The Independence Heights Area

WHAT: Mobile home / camper fire.

WHEN: April 25, 2024, at 10:40 a.m.

WHERE: 200 block of E. Burress St. 77022.

INJURIES: One adult civilian fatality.

PROPERTY SAVED: Not available.

DAMAGE: Not available.

CAUSE: Under investigation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Firefighters arrived on scene to find smoke coming from fire coming from a small camper/mobile home on the side of a business. While making an offensive attack on the fire, they located a victim inside the camper and removed them to waiting EMS crews who attempted to revive and transported the citizen to the hospital. Unfortunately, the individual did not survive. Crews extinguished the fire and requested HFD Arson investigators to determine the cause and origin. 26 personnel responded to this incident, including firefighters from Stations 31, 30 and 67.