HOUSTON — Arson investigators are ruling a fire at a southwest Houston synagogue Wednesday night as accidental, the Houston Fire Department announced Thursday afternoon.
A Precinct 5 constable was driving past the Torah Vachesed synagogue in the 5900 block of South Braeswood when he noticed smoke coming from the top of the building. He immediately called 911 then went inside help people get out.
People inside the synagogue said they heard an explosion before they saw the fire.
Firefighters from the Houston Fire Department took out priceless artifacts that were inside the building to save them from burning.