Crews working to control house fire and water main leak in SW Houston neighborhood, officials say

ALIEF, Texas (KTRK) -- Residents in an Alief neighborhood saw several city and fire crews working to control a house fire and a water main break in the same area on Thursday morning, officials said.

The Houston Fire Department said multiple units responded to a home on Sharpcrest near S. Kirkwood just before 9: 30 a.m.

Officials said the fire was extinguished, but it is unknown whether anyone was injured or whether the home was occupied at the time.

As ABC13's SkyEye flew over the initial house fire, it spotted a strong stream of water that was shooting from the ground from one end of a house to a neighboring home on the next street over in the 7900 block of Riptide at Sharpcrest.



HFD did not say if the leak affected their ability to control the house fire.



ABC13 has contacted the City of Houston for details on the water leak, but we have not yet received a response.

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