House Fire in The Briar Forest Area

Houston Firefighters arrived on location at 2000 block of Woodland Springs St, on January 05, 2020, at 3:40 p.m to find smoke coming from a one-story home. The house had a power-line pole fall onto the roof with live wires contacting the house. The electrical current caused arcing and a fire ignited an electrical outlet in the kitchen, causing the cabinets to catch fire. The crews turned the power off to the house and extinguished the fire. Firefighters from Stations 83, 2, 78, 69, 10, 57, 86 and 75 responded to this incident. One firefighter injured knee and was transported to the hospital. The cause of the fire was unintentional.