Beyonce’s childhood home burns down on Christmas
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Beyoncé’s childhood home went up in flames early Christmas morning.
Houston firefighters said they received a call about a fire at the star’s former home on Rosedale Street in the city’s Third Ward just after 2 a.m.
When crews arrived just about three minutes later, they saw the second-story of the three story home was already engulfed in flames, ABC 13 reports.
Photos and videos from the scene show flames bursting out of the windows as firefighters entered the smoke-filled premises and the family who lived there watched in shock.
Crews even had to cut into the roof of the home to clear out the attic before they were able to get the fire under control, according to Click 2 Houston.
“They did a great job,” Fire District Chief Justin Barnes told ABC 13. “I’m going to say, in less than 10 minutes, we had a really good grip on this fire.”
No injuries were reported, and the family — a couple and their two young children who were still in their Christmas pajamas — evacuated the home before firefighters arrived.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Beyoncé’s parents had bought the home for $64,000 in 1981 — the same year the iconic musician was born, but they moved out just a few years later, before Solange Knowles was born in 1986, according to TMZ.
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house with a spiral staircase leading up to a third-floor office went up for sale in 2019.
Despite its myriad of owners since the Knowleses owned the home, to this day fans of the “Single Ladies” songstress consider the home an iconic Houston landmark.
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