{"id":3452,"date":"2026-06-03T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:31:10","slug":"katy-area-house-fire-possibly-sparked-by-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"Katy-area house fire possibly sparked by lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>KATY, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A Katy-area home is believed to be one of many buildings that were hit by lightning as severe storms moved through part of Fort Bend County on Tuesday.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3449\">Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty, receives probation in New Orleans Mardi Gras bar incident<\/a><\/p> <h2>Katy home possibly struck by lightning<\/h2> <!-- --><p>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The Willowfork Fire Department says they received multiple reports on Tuesday about lightning strikes impacting homes and businesses as storms moved through the Cinco Ranch area.<\/p> <!-- --><p>At about 5:30 p.m., the department then got a report about a house fire just outside of Cinco Ranch on Mayfield Ridge Lane. Units from Willowfork and other nearby departments were already working storm-related incidents in the area, so they responded to that fire.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3451\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8971663fd05fc0919db347ac808583bf-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8971663fd05fc0919db347ac808583bf-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8971663fd05fc0919db347ac808583bf-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8971663fd05fc0919db347ac808583bf.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>(Photo credit: Willowfork Fire Department\/Fort Bend County ESD 2)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Crews were at the two-story home minutes after the 911 call and saw flames rising through the roof. The crews tried to contain the fire from inside the home, but worsening conditions forced them to evacuate and try another method.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3446\">Gruesome Texas pregnancy murder subject of new Netflix documentary<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Crews also had to cool off the neighboring homes because of the heat coming from the initial fire.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Willowfork FD says three firefighters suffered minor injuries at the scene. Two firefighters were sent to a hospital for treatment and have since been released.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3443\">US Army soldier dies during training exercise in Iraq<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Officials did not describe the extent of the fire damage.<\/p> <!-- --><div><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"710\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffbesd2%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0G52J6wde2uMCvr5ATLLAqoLy6GrvkuiFdxAqrimDdUeqNKGH6pPpZVEgf7m95HAol&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border-style:none;overflow:hidden;\" width=\"500\"> <\/iframe><\/div><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crews were at the home minutes after the 911 call Tuesday and saw flames rising through the roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,124,108,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fort-bend-county","category-katy","category-severe-weather","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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