HOUSTON – A fire was sparked in a home's attic after three men tried to light their fireplace in southwest Houston.
The Houston Fire Department responded around 10 p.m. Saturday to the home on McCullum at Blue Ridge.
According to the Houston Fire Department, three men were home at the time and decided to light the fireplace for the first time this year since it was turning cold.
There were smalls cracks in the fireplace that caused the fire to spread into the attic, burning a hole in the roof.
The men got out safely and were not injured.