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Fire broke out in the home of the Northridge Baptist Churches pastor early Wednesday afternoon. The family was eating lunch when they noted increased smoke from the fireplace. Then smoke from another room. They evacuated and called the North Montgomery County Fire Department. The fire was more confined to the attic but there was water damage throughout. The fire marshal is investigating. Cheers for the pastor and his six children could be heard across the street as a firefighter brought out one cat they thought had been lost in the fire. Their cat Simon was fine and the search continues for Cleo.

A little after 2am firefighters responded to a house fire on Ascot Farms near Magnolia. Heavy smoke was reported and a second alarm was called. As firefighters worked the fire water to fight this 4600 square foot two two story house came to dangerous low levels and with the heavy fire the firefighters were ordered out of the home. The attack continued from outside the home. A third alarm was called bringing more men and tankers. Alfred Terra Jr. had just gone to bed. He had stayed up late playing online racing when the smoke alarms sounded. His father Alfred Terra Sr. got the garden hose and extinguished the fire in the fireplace as the younger Terra waged a war with the fire in the wall upstairs. "I kept getting buckets of water from the bathtub attempting to douse the fire", Terra said. After about the fourth bucket he realized the bathtub was getting hot and told everyone to get out and get their prized antique car out of the garage. Terra choked back tears as he thought of his son's bedroom and how he would tell his young son who was spending Thanksgiving with his mother about the loss. "he kept it so neat, had his computer and all in there", Terra said. The fire was finally brought under control close to 5am. In all eight departments responded. Magnolia, Tomball,Rosehill,

Kingwood - Some Creekwood Middle School students lost everything when fire gutted their house late Sunday night, then rekindled hours later, leaving the family with virtually nothing, but they have since received a priceless gift from the children s classmates. The fire began around 11 p.m. Sunday night and the Houston Fire Department responded and spent hours extinguishing the blaze. After the fire crews were gone the family went back to their house which already had extensive damage, and a short time later the unthinkable happened. Around 5:30 a.m., the fire rekindled and again became very intense. Between the fire, smoke and water damage, almost nothing was left. On Monday, the Creekwood Middle School staff began devising a plan to help. They came up with a way to help and to make it fun for all of the school s students. They announced that students would be allowed to wear their pajamas to class the following day, for a $1 donation. Their goal was to raise $1,000, but by noon the amount raised was already $11,500 and counting. Some parents became competitive and were making matching donations. The event was a huge success.

Approximately 3:12 am. A motorist with a flat tire was disabled in the right shoulder of the freeway. A female witness, known to the disabled motorist was traveling in a seperate vehicle and stopped to assist the disabled motorist. The witness stopped on the shoulder of the freeway behind the disabled car. The disabled motorist called for roadside assistance.

A little after 4am Sunday Montgomery County was alerted to a major accident on Riverwalk Drive. As fire, and EMS units responded an off duty Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy working an extra job in Riverwalk responded to the scene arriving within two minutes. She immediately notified the dispatcher of the nature of the accident and that it was a possible fatality. As fire and EMS arrived they confirmed it was a fatality. When DPS Trooper Martin arrived he found a 2009 Nissan Versa had been traveling eastbound on Riverwalk drive at a high rate of speed in a 30 MPH area, In the 19500 block he lost control , went to a sideway skid and struck a tree killing him instantly. An open container was found partially full in the vehicle. Judge Jame Metts, Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace pronounced Jason Aron Garcia age 20 of Shady Lane in Porter dead. An autopsy was ordered and Garcia was transported to the Southwest Forensic Center in Conroe for autopsy by Metcalf. Porter Fire Department spent almost twenty minutes extricating Garcia from the mangled mess. Montgomery County Sheriff's Department provided traffic control. A neighbor said that cars race up and down the street running stop signs on a regular basis. He said it was nice having "Real Police" around compared to security guards.

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According to Kathy Clark with CISD a male in his twenties jogged past a McCullough High School student on a Woodlands bike path and exposed himself. He then turned around and did it again. The girl immediately contacted CISD Police. Wednesday evening as a Caney Creek student was getting of the bus in the Deerwood subdivision a hispanic male approximately 18 drove by and asked her if she wanted a ride. Thursday morning when she returned to school she reported that incident to CISD Police.