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On May 31, 2013, the Southwest Inn fire broke out in an Indian restaurant in Southwest Houston before spreading to an adjoining hotel. The fire claimed the biggest casualty loss for the Houston Fire Department since its inception. Four firefighters were killed and 13 others were injured while fighting the five-alarm fire at the Southwest Inn. [7] "
Two Houston Fire Department stations, Station 69 Westchase and Station 83 Royal Oaks, serve Westchase. [52] Both stations are a part of Fire District 83. [53] Station 69, located on Beltway 8, opened in 1980, after rapid area development stressed existing emergency infrastructure. [54] Station 83 opened in 2005. [54]
The fire was first reported at 12:09 PM CST on May 31, 2013 in the Bhojan Indian restaurant, during its lunch service. [5] At the time of the fire, 45 guests were registered at the hotel. The front desk clerk and another hotel employee began knocking on doors and windows in the hotel, alerting customers that there was a fire and they needed to ...
Pages in category "Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Station 8 is in Fire District 8. [97] The fire station "Washington #8" first opened in 1895 at Polk at Crawford. The station was closed in 2001 after a sports arena was built on the site. [98] Fire Station 1, which was located at 410 Bagby Street, closed in 2001, [97] as it was merged with Station 8. Station 8, relocated to a temporary building ...
The building which currently houses the Houston Fire Museum was originally Fire Station No. 7, Houston's oldest fire house.Designed in the Romanesque style by Olle J. Lorehn, the two-story brick building was completed in January 1899 and features rusticated stone details, a five bay front with Central arched entry flanked by two apparatus bay entries and unique parapet details.
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Montrose is a neighborhood located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States.Montrose is a 7.5-square-mile (19 km 2) area roughly bounded by Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, South Shepherd Drive to the west, and Taft to Fairview to Bagby to Highway 59 to Main to the east. [1]