After hours of burning, a fire at a northeast Harris County recycling facility has been extinguished.

A person was found dead after a fire broke out at a homeless encampment in northeast Harris County Sunday.

Fire officials say they were able to put out flames which were said to have started Sunday afternoon.

HOUSTON – A woman was killed Wednesday night after a fire broke out at a home in northeast Harris County. At about 8:05 p.m., crews with the Eastex Fire Department responded to a home at the 13800 block of Terlin Street near Homestead Road to reports of a fire. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a woman was killed in the fire. UPDATE: An adult woman died in the house fire. #hounews — HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) December 19, 2019The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office.