Crime & Safety
Car Fire Breaks Out At Hilton Americas-Houston Parking Garage
Photos and video posted on social media Sunday showed flames and thick smoke shooting out of a parking garage near Hilton Americas-Houston.
HOUSTON — Firefighters were responding Sunday to a parking garage at the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel as flames and thick, black smoke shot out of the top level. The Hosuton Fire Department said a car fire broke out Sunday afternoon at the Hilton garage on Polk and Jackson streets. No injuries were reported.
Photos and videos tweeted around 4:30 p.m. showed stunned onlookers watching from at least one nearby skyscraper as firefighters swarmed the garage.
A message left with the Houston Fire Department wasn't immediately returned Sunday afternoon.
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WHAT IS GOING ON #Houston #Hilton pic.twitter.com/9pltsvPP0t
— Puarr (@Puarr_) May 26, 2019
High rise on fire downtown Houston @KPRC2 pic.twitter.com/nZ4k20RgSX
— Matthew A Knobloch (@mattknobloch) May 26, 2019
Crazy fire at the Hilton Americas Houston pic.twitter.com/DkNFL93iYq
— Nick Scurfield (@NickScurfield) May 26, 2019
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