The Houston Fire Department said the woman and the children escaped the fire before officials arrived. Firefighters pulled the man from the burning apartment, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Lileana PearsonA grandfather of two was killed in an apartment fire at the Pine Forest Parks Apartments early Saturday morning, according to HFD.A man is dead, and a woman was hospitalized following an apartment fire in northwest Houston early Saturday, according to the Houston Fire Department.Deputy Chief Roger Westoff with HFD said the fire was seen extending from the first to the second floor once units arrived at the complex.
Crews entered the building to begin putting the fire out. Westoff said the woman was able to remove herself from the apartment, along with her two grandchildren. A ladder crew inside the building located the man and pulled him out. EMS transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The children were not injured, officials said.For more news updates, follow Lileana Pearson on
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