*This is not exactly the kind of holiday story we like to tell, but reality doesn’t pull any punches. The bottom line is that on Christmas morning, Beyoncé‘s childhood home in Houston’s Third Ward caught on fire.
The Houston Fire Department says they received a call about the fire at around 2am local time on Monday. When firefighters arrived, the home’s second story was already fully engulfed in flames.
Firefighters successfully contained the bulk of the fire within 10 minutes, HFD says. It also relayed that firefighters had to cut into the roof to deal with the attic and eaves, ensuring that the fire was fully under control.
The Knowles Family moved out of the home decades ago, but it’s still considered an iconic landmark to fans of the Houston-born musician.
Here’s more via ABC13 in Houston:
The family that lives there now was home at the time, but according to the fire department, no one was injured. ABC13 spoke with the family, who were all still in their festive pajamas, some of them young children.
Firefighters said they were able to put the fire out quickly before it could cause more damage:
“They did a great job. I’m going to say in less than 10 minutes, we had a really good grip on this fire,” District Chief Justin Barnes said.
Beyoncé’s parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles bought the three-bedroom, three-bathroom house with a spiral staircase leading up to a third-floor office, in 1981 for $64,000 – the same year the singer was born.
For what it’s worth, TMZ notes that someone bought the 8,640-square-foot-lot lot next to the home for $310,000 in 2022.
Meanwhile, the Houston Fire Department HFD is still trying to determine the cause of the fire.
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