VIDEO: A Galveston County family’s home was destroyed after a fire that moved too fast for firefighters to save the structure.
The flames captured on neighbors’ cell phone videos show the fire ripping through the three-and-a-half-story home in Clear Lake Shores, Texas. The fire, which started just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, almost immediately threatened neighboring homes.
“Very scary, especially from my neighbor’s house here,” said neighbor Nancy Schwartz. “They’re right behind the house that was on fire and just trying to make sure their house didn’t catch fire.”
Firefighters said because of heavy fire coming from multiple sides of the home they decided to make a defensive attack.
As opposed to entering the home to extinguish the fire they chose to fight it from the outside to prevent it from spreading.