Apartment Fire in The Mid West Area

WHAT: Apartment Fire

WHEN: February 18, 2022 at 8:05 a.m.

WHERE: 2222 Westerland, 77063

INJURIES: No reported injuries.

PROPERTY SAVED: $47.5 thousand in estimated property saved.

DAMAGE: $7.5 thousand in estimated damage.

CAUSE: Under investigation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Firefighters from Station 60 arrived on scene within five minutes to find a small fire in the doorframe of an apartment and extinguished it with an extinguisher. They exposed the area and found additional fire in the door frame in a neighboring unit. After the second fire was extinguished, HFD Arson investigators, the Houston Police Department and Houston Independent School District Police were requested to investigate the incident.