DALE LEZON
Houston Chronicle
Reprinted with Permission

A man was killed hen a fire raced through his home early this morning in northwest Harris County.


The one-alarm blaze broke out at the house in the 12000 block of Tiltrum near Chippewa about 1 a.m., said Wesley Cole, chief of the Northwest Volunteer Fire Department. Firefighters doused the flames about 2:30 a.m.

Cole said firefighters found the man, who has not been identified, dead inside the home. No other injuries were reported.

The home was completed engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. After firefighters gained the upper hand on the blaze, they went inside the house and found the man dead in the bathroom, Cole said. He lived in the house alone, Cole added.

Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the blaze.