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Monday, September 16, 2024 4:50PM
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LA PORTE, Texas -- Firefighters were battling a pipeline occurrence successful suburban Houston that sparked writer fires and burned powerfulness poles connected Monday, forcing radical successful the surrounding vicinity to evacuate.
Video footage from our sister presumption KTRK showed a parkland adjacent the occurrence had been damaged and firefighters pouring h2o connected homes adjacent the blaze.
The occurrence began astatine 9:55 a.m. successful La Porte, located astir 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Houston.
Video footage from our sister presumption KTRK showed a parkland adjacent the occurrence had been damaged and firefighters pouring h2o connected homes adjacent the blaze.
Officials person ordered residents successful the Brookglen vicinity country adjacent the occurrence to evacuate, Lee Woodward, a La Porte metropolis spokesperson said successful an email.
"Please debar the country and travel instrumentality enforcement direction. Further details volition beryllium released arsenic available," Woodward said.
The origin of the occurrence was not instantly known.
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