Three firefighters were injured Tuesday morning after they became trapped while battling a two-alarm apartment fire in southeast Houston, officials confirmed.Fire officials said the three injured firefighters were from Station 46.

In response to reports of people trapped in a fire, Houston Fire Department crews were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 4800 block of Jarmese Street around 5:35 a.m. Tuesday, Brent Taylor, a spokesperson for the fire department said.

Three Houston firefighters sustained significant burns after becoming trapped in a burning apartment building on Tuesday morning, officials say.

Capt. Edward Escamilla and firefighters Darren Jones and Jonathan Guzman had second and third-degree burns to their hands, legs and neck. All three were transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital for treatment. They were awake and alert.

Firefighters are battling a massive fire that engulfed the Independence Ridge Apartments near Missouri 291 highway and East 39th Street in Independence on Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to the pre-dawn blaze at the apartments in the 19000 block of East 37th Terrace,

Three Houston firefighters are recovering in the hospital after suffering serious injuries in an early morning apartment fire in southeast Houston. FOX 26's Leslie DelasBour has details on what we know so far.

HOUSTON — A Houston firefighter was rushed to the emergency room after being injured while battling a fire at a Galleria-area apartment complex on Thursday. The fire broke out at the complex on Bering Drive near Chimney Rock.