Shed Fire in The South Belt / Ellington Area

WHAT: Shed Fire.

WHEN: November 5, 2022 at 4:23 a.m.

WHERE: 9300 block of Kingsflower, 77075.

INJURIES: No reported injuries.

PROPERTY SAVED: Not available.

DAMAGE: $17,000 in estimated damage.

CAUSE: Unintentional.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Firefighters arrived on scene within three minutes to find a shed and fence on fire behind a 2-story house. They made an offensive attack and extinguished the fire after a container of gasoline stored inside the shed caused it to reignite several times. The resident had been burning trash in a burn barrel the previous day which may have caused the fire. There was radiated heat damage to the neighbor’s exterior vinyl siding on the rear of the house. Crews from Stations 70 and 52 responded to this incident.