HOUSTON — A man died in an apartment fire on Monday night, according to the Houston Fire Department.
HFD officials said it happened at a southwest Houston apartment complex off Corporate Drive near where Beechnut Street hits Beltway 8.
No firefighters were injured and, just before 11 p.m., HFD said the fire was out.
The cause of the fire hasn't been determined and it's unclear if the weather played a role, HFD said.
They still asked people to avoid the area while investigators tried to figure out what happened.
Here's the update HFD Chief Mo Davis provided at the scene of the fire: