1 dead, 1 injured in apartment building fire, officials say

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Apartment fire kills 1 woman, injures 1 man, officials say

One person died and one was injured in a multi-unit apartment fire Sunday morning, according to the Houston Fire Department.

The fire impacted multiple residences in the north Houston apartment building. A woman in one unit died, and a man from a different apartment unit was taken to an emergency room to be treated for smoke inhalation and first degree burns, according to fire department officials.Firefighters arrived at the complex around 9:30 a.m. to find fire and smoke coming from the building. Houston Fire Department crews made an offensive attack on the fire, extinguishing it, officials said.

As of 2 p.m., the cause of the fire was undetermined and firefighters were still investigating the fire at 910 Lehman Street.

 

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