A devastating fire in Baytown on Friday has resulted in the death of an unidentified man. The fire broke out in the 200 block of Independence Highway, and despite the efforts of the Highland Fire Department, the man was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and southbound lanes on Independence Parkway are currently closed.

A woman died in an apartment fire Thursday while trying to save her cat in southeast Houston.

Exactly 10 years ago to date, four Houston firefighters were pronounced dead after a massive fire at a hotel in southwest Houston.

Two people are dead and two people were transported to the hospital after a fire that spread to multiple mobile homes in northeast Harris County Monday, the Sheldon Fire Department said.

A man is dead after a fire tore through a home in southeast Houston Wednesday, officials with the Houston Fire Department said.

Officials with the Houston Fire Department said they are investigating after a man died and his mother was injured in a house fire in northeast Houston Wednesday.

An 83-year-old woman has died in a house fire in northwest Harris County Friday, fire officials said.

An elderly man died in a fire at an abandoned home in Crosby Friday, officials said.

Authorities say a fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 51 people and injured a dozen more.

Three people under the same roof have died in a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex in west Houston Wednesday, officials said.

An investigation is underway after one person was found dead inside what appeared to be a vacant home while firefighters were working to put out a blaze in The Heights Tuesday, officials said.

Officials with the Houston Fire Department are investigating after a man died in a house fire on Houston’s south side Tuesday.

One person has died and another person has been hospitalized after a house fire in Third Ward Tuesday night, officials said.

A woman was found dead in a travel trailer after a small fire in northeast Houston Wednesday, firefighters said.

HOUSTON – The Houston Fire Department officials were investigating to find out what caused a deadly fire at a north Houston home Monday. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a home located in the 3800 block of Cochran around 1:50 a.m. According to officials, arriving crews located a single-family residence with heavy flames. Firefighters said they were told a resident that lived there had not made it out of the home. Firefighters said it took about 15-20 minutes to put the bulk of the flames out.

WILLIS, Texas – A man is dead after a fire broke out in a mobile home in Willis Tuesday, officials said. Firefighters said the deadly fire happened around midnight on South Cochran and FM 2432. When crews arrived, officials said one side of the home was engulfed in flames. Firefighters said they were able to get in through a window on the other end of the home, where they pulled the man out. Paramedics attempted CPR but could not save him, officials said.

HOUSTON – Firefighters are investigating a blaze that left one person dead at a group home for people with special needs in southwest Houston Tuesday morning. William Habermas lives at the group home. He tried to get all the residents to safety and grabbed a fire extinguisher to fight the flames. “I tried to push it away with a fire extinguisher, but it wouldn’t go away,” Habermas said. Officials say the owner of the home is moving the displaced residents to another group home nearby.