Texas Firefighters Dodge Bullets, Fight Blaze

April 19, 2007
The fire spread into an ammunition building, sending bullets through the walls and into the parking lot.

Firefighters had more than just flames to deal with while battling a two-alarm fire in Humble on Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Three fire departments battled the blaze at the Sportsman's Outlet on F.M. 1960 near Ramblewood Drive at about 7:30 p.m.

The fire spread into an ammunition building, sending bullets through the walls and into the parking lot.

"In a building like that, you obviously have a lot of ammunition," Humble Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Lagoudes said. "You got gunpowder -- you got all kinds of thing that will very rapidly start a fire and support combustion."

Several vehicles in the parking lot were hit.

A police academy class was inside the range when the fire started. Everyone escaped without injury.

It took firefighters from Humble, Atascocita and Houston about an hour and a half to put the fire out.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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