Meeting Planned About Heights Fires

HOUSTON - The Houston Heights Association will conduct a monthly meeting as usual, but their likely focus for the meeting Monday is undeniable -- the 14 fires that have plagued the neighborhood which are most likely the work of an alleged serial arsonist.

The meeting is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Monday at The Heights City Hall and Fire Station on West 12th Street, not far from several of the fire sites.

Community leaders including U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia are expected to attend and take part in the meeting.

Congresswoman Jackson Lee helped pass out flyers on Saturday in the neighborhood to try and find the person or people responsible for the fires.

Since Aug. 11, Houston firefighters have arrived to the site of 14 fires in the same section of The Heights, with eight of the fires sharing the 1000 block of Ashland Street location.

The following locations listed are where The Heights area fires have taken place since Aug. 11:
1. 1032 Ashland Street on Aug. 11
2. 1030 Ashland Street on Aug. 14
3. 1030 Ashland Street on Aug. 16
4. 1035 ½ Tulane Street on Aug. 19
5. 1030 Ashland Street on Aug. 21
6. 1030 Ashland Street on Aug. 28
7. 1034 Ashland Street on Aug. 30
8. 1028 ½ Ashland Street on Sept. 8
9. 503 West 11th Street on Sept. 14
10. 807 West 12th Street on Sept. 17
11. 612 West 9th Street on Sept. 17
12. 1301 Yale Street on Sept. 22
13. 1030 ½ Ashland Street on Oct. 2
14. 745 W. 17th Street on Oct. 9