A HOUSE FIRE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING brought more than the usual excitement to the firefighters. Three children ages 2, 4 and 6 were trapped inside the house and the FF’s got to them and carried them out. The two youngest children, both boys, were pronounced dead at the hospital, but the 6-yr.-old, a girl, is in good condition. The house was well alight when they arrived, but their rescue efforts were hampered by burglar bars on the home’s windows and a man in the front yard wielding a firearm and threatening the FF’s.
KHOU-TV
The Houston Chronicle reported:
Firefighters were met by the children’s uncle, who was wielding a gun when they arrived at the scene shortly after 1 a.m. this morning, said Houston Fire Department District Chief Tommy Dowdy. “He was saying firefighters weren’t going in fast enough,” Dowdy said.He also said there were reports that the man and a news photographer exchanged gunfire, but no firefighters were injured.
The television news man had gotten into a scuffle with the uncle who then ran away after a few moments of errant shooting. The photgrapher was taken to the hospital to be checked for battery injuries.
KHOU-TV has a video report and a 13-image photo gallery HERE.
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