SPRING, Texas -- An explosion was caught on camera as a hangar burned at the Hooks Airport.
The owner of the hangar was in the middle of an interview, when something inside the building caused an explosion.
The owner said he believed it was his mother's car that caused the explosion.
The hangar caught fire Sunday afternoon at the airport in northwest Harris County.
The owner is a Christian minister who was volunteering with a group of Boy Scouts on Lake Livingston when he was notified of the fire.
He said the items in the fire were worth over a million dollars.
Harris County firefighters were on the scene, working the fire. No one was reported injured in the incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Previous Fire: Saturday, June 26, 2010
SPRING, Texas - Firefighters in Northwest Harris Co. had their hands full at Hooks Airport on Saturday, June 26, 2010. They tried putting out a two-alarm blaze, but had a tough time since there were no water hydrants close by. Hooks Airport is on Stuebner Airline Road in Spring.
At about 3 a.m. on Saturday, an off duty sheriff's officer notified the Klein Volunteer Fire Department about a burning hangar.
"There was a fire on the South end of the hangar," said Lt. James Bolton with the Harris Co. Fire Marshal's investigation. "When they came over, they saw a fire on the roof area on the South end. [The] fire appeared to be moving to the North."
Firefighters from Champions, Spring, Klein and other departments rushed to Hooks Airport where they found a single large hangar in flames. There was a helicopter inside of the hangar and other materials.
"Hanger appears to have a lot of engine parts; engine components; things like that in it," said Doug Wilson, who's a district chief with the Klein Fire Department.
The reason why this fire started is still unclear. Klein's Fire Department chief, David Bessolo, told 39 News it's so severe that determining a cause could take days.
"It's still under investigation. We're waiting on suppression efforts to finish," Bolton said. "Witnesses that we've talked to so far said that they were notified by life flight, actually."
The Harris Co. hazmat team evaluated the situation since air craft parts inside of the hangar are made out of magnesium. Magnesium is a light-weight metal that burns extremely hot.
"We had one firefighter who had minor injury," Wilson said. "He's been treated and released on scene."
Since there are not hydrants at Hooks Airport, the challenge was having a limited water supply. Klein's Fire Department said managing the water was a "critical element."
"We needed to establish a pretty long hose line," Wilson said. "A five inch hose all the way from the sea plane base over to the fire. And then we had to boost the pressures because that's a pretty long way."
Having no hydrants at Hooks Airport made it tough, but didn't stop firefighters from finding a way to get the job done.
There was a similar incident at Hooks Airport in Dec. 2009. Several planes burned inside of the hangar at the time of that fire.
"There was a fire on the South end of the hangar," said Lt. James Bolton with the Harris Co. Fire Marshal's investigation. "When they came over, they saw a fire on the roof area on the South end. [The] fire appeared to be moving to the North."
Firefighters from Champions, Spring, Klein and other departments rushed to Hooks Airport where they found a single large hangar in flames. There was a helicopter inside of the hangar and other materials.
"Hanger appears to have a lot of engine parts; engine components; things like that in it," said Doug Wilson, who's a district chief with the Klein Fire Department.
The reason why this fire started is still unclear. Klein's Fire Department chief, David Bessolo, told 39 News it's so severe that determining a cause could take days.
"It's still under investigation. We're waiting on suppression efforts to finish," Bolton said. "Witnesses that we've talked to so far said that they were notified by life flight, actually."
The Harris Co. hazmat team evaluated the situation since air craft parts inside of the hangar are made out of magnesium. Magnesium is a light-weight metal that burns extremely hot.
"We had one firefighter who had minor injury," Wilson said. "He's been treated and released on scene."
Since there are not hydrants at Hooks Airport, the challenge was having a limited water supply. Klein's Fire Department said managing the water was a "critical element."
"We needed to establish a pretty long hose line," Wilson said. "A five inch hose all the way from the sea plane base over to the fire. And then we had to boost the pressures because that's a pretty long way."
Having no hydrants at Hooks Airport made it tough, but didn't stop firefighters from finding a way to get the job done.
There was a similar incident at Hooks Airport in Dec. 2009. Several planes burned inside of the hangar at the time of that fire.
"Lost everything" because he was "living in his hanger"!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is why hangers are so hard to find!!!
No sympathy.