Firefighter injured while crews battle abandoned building fire at former Houston school

HOUSTON – A Houston firefighter was taken to a local hospital after suffering a twisted ankle while crews battled an abandoned building fire late Saturday at a former school on Center Street.

Houston Fire Department crews were dispatched around 11:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Center Street and arrived to find flames inside the structure.

Firefighters initially went in offensively, then later pulled back and switched to defensive operations.

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Crews are expected to stay on scene into the morning to fully extinguish the fire. The cause remains under investigation.