Neighbors warning each other during apartment fire may have saved lives in NW Harris County

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Families at a northwest Harris County apartment complex started knocking on doors to wake up their neighbors after an overnight fire.

The fire started just before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Ella Boulevard near Greenwell.
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One resident said a woman woke him up, and he began knocking on doors to wake up other neighbors as well.

"I just tried to get everyone to come down and come out, then I called 911," said neighbor Robert Hudson. "Flames started coming out the window by the time the fire department got here. There was a lot of explosions and things going on, so by the time they got here, it was pretty much engulfed in fire upstairs."
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Several units were destroyed in the fire.

The American Red Cross is working to help those families now.
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