HOUSTON CHRONICLE - May 2, 2010, 10:18AM
Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze this morning at a topless bar in southwest Houston and may bring in equipment to tear down exterior brick walls.
Fire broke out about 7:30 a.m. at Bourbon Street in the 9300 block of Richmond at Ocee, near Fondren.
By 8:15 a.m., firefighters were battling the "fairly involved" fire from the outside of the building because they believe no one is inside the business and because it reduces risk to firefighters, said assistant chief Karen Dupont.
Arson investigators are looking into the cause.
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What's this place had, something like four different names over the last 2-1/2 years? And yet every time I drive by it's still got the same broken-out windows on the front facing the street. I saw there were signs of life at least on the big sign, but it never managed to tempt me to stop in. Anyone ever go there?