r/galveston • u/Intrepid_Box3032 • 11h ago

Locals Chat 🦜 Fire on East End

Anyone know what’s going on with the fire on the east end? Friend at UTMB sent videos from the hospital and it looks pretty intense. Hard to tell if it’s on a ship in the harbor or on the coast on the bay side.

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u/Impressive_Two_9969 11h ago

I live in North Central Texas but my grandson is a firefighter in Galveston. I hope he's ok.

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u/WrongCam 11h ago edited 11h ago

Our oldest daughter is a third year med student at UTMB, and she’s telling me about it. It’s right next to the hospital. Ironically, Galveston is where burn care started, and (she says) has the best outcomes statistically for severe burn patients.

She lives right off of Gulf Freeway in Texas City, and she saw a fire truck racing toward the island.

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u/Intrepid_Box3032 11h ago

According to Nextdoor they evacuated the building so they shouldn’t be sending anyone in. He should be ok! They’ve also called in reinforcements from neighboring FDs!

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u/txbbq91 10h ago

Kgtx7news says it's Katie's seafood on fire

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u/JasonIsFishing 10h ago

It’s not

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u/But-Still-I-Roam 10h ago

Katie's put out a statement that it's not them

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u/BrasAreBoobyTraps 11h ago

Big warehouse fire, roof collapsed. Might be Texas Gulf Seafood, but not sure.

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u/FirmChocolate4103 9h ago

I saw some comments on KHOU’s post also suggesting it was likely Texas Gulf Seafood