Welding supply shop fire may be accidental

A fire at Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company in northwest Houston prompted officials to shut down Highway 249 Sunday night. Firefighters contained the blaze to inside the building.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Fire investigators may rule Sunday's large fire in northwest Harris County as an accident.

The fire started Sunday night at the Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company along Highway 249 near the Beltway. The highway was shut down for hours as firefighters battled the blaze.

The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office tell us the fire appears to be electrical and may be ruled accidental.

Eyewitnesses did say they heard explosions just before they saw the fire. No one was hurt in the fire.

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Fire at welding supply shop closes Hwy 249

A fire at Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company in northwest Houston prompted officials to shut down Highway 249 Sunday night. Firefighters contained the blaze to inside the building.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A fire at a welding supply shop in northwest Houston shut down Highway 249 for about an hour Sunday night.

The highway reopened around 9pm.

Officials said the fire was at Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company on Highway 249 at Beltway 8.

We are told that employees at a nearby gas station heard a loud explosion and saw smoke, so they called 9-1-1.

Firefighters contained the blaze to inside the building. We have heard no reports of injuries.

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