Update from the College Station fire department:
Fire investigation information from CSFD Fire Marshal’s office regarding fire at 701 Hereford Street last night:
The fire was caused by a leaking gas tank on a 650 motorcycle. The ignition source is not known.
The motorcycle had not.run in a while but then was used yesterday and filled up.
The heat was so bad that it melted part of the engine block on the motorcycle
This fire is not being considered suspicious at this time.
Original story:
Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in shortly before 3 a.m. Friday morning reporting a fire in College Station’s Southside neighborhood, south of the Texas A&M campus.
Battalion fire chief Greg Rodgers says the fire, which destroyed a two story detached garage at Hereford and Park Place, took about one hour to get under control.
The fire spread from the garage to a portion of the “L”-shaped home.
Two occupants were out of the house when the first units arrived. No one was injured.
Rodgers says CSFD firefighters were joined by one crew from Bryan on the scene. A second crew from Bryan staffed one of the CSFD stations.
Click below for comments from Greg Rodgers, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver:
Recap from the College Station fire department:
Timeline College Station Fire Department Incident-College Station House Fire 701 Hereford Street:
2:50 am Call Received in fire dispatch.
2:51 am CSFD units dispatched for a structure fire.
2:52 am CSFD units responded.
2:58 am First units on scene report heavy fire in two story/two care detached garage.
2:59 am 711 – Incident Commander checks on scene, assumes command and reports working structure fire with full fire involvement of detached garage with extension into the backside of the main residence and requests more personnel to assist and calls for CSFD CART and Rehab Teams to respond.
3:04 am Incident Commander advises major collapse of detached garage and greater extension into exposure on west side.
Details:
• Situation was placed under control in slightly over an hour.
• Two residents were home at the time and were able to get out without any injuries.
• One 2 ½” pre-connected hose line along with Two 200’ – 1 ¾” pre-connected hose line were deployed to begin initial exposure protection and fire suppression efforts.
• Aerial water suppression efforts were needed and employed to assist in extinguishment.
• Additional crews arrived on scene to assist with salvage and overhaul of items inside the residence.
• CSFD’s Community Action Response Team (CART) responded to assist at the scene and CSFD’s Rehab team assisted firefighters with hydration.
• 12 fire department units and 29 personnel responded to the scene. No firefighter or civilian injuries reported on initial extinguishment.
• CSFD’s Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating the fire for an exact cause.
• Additional assistance was received from CSPD, CS Utilities, and Atmos Energy.