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Updated with photos of the aftermath: Firefighters battle three-alarm blaze atAgora in Montrose
- Water continues to spew from a pipe in the now decimated Antique Warehaus.Nic Phillips
- Agora no longer has a roof although the walls and most of the windows areintact.Nic Phillips
- Agora's front porch looks surprising normal for a Sunday morning.Nic Phillips
- Antique Haus is completely destroyed; Agora's brick building stands but it isgutted.Nic Phillips
- Beer bottles and coffee mugs remain on the front porch left by fire fleeingcustomers.Nic Phillips
- 63 years of "trash and treasure" at Antique WarehausNic Phillips
- Hours after the blaze Westheimer's gutters show evidence of the water used tofight the fire.Nic Phillips
- Craig Hlavaty via Twitter
- View of the scene from Elmen/Westheimer across from Empire CafeNic Phillips
- Dunlavy/Westheimer - Halloween eve crowds built up behind Police linesNic Phillips
- Dunlavy/Westheimer - HPD have closed traffic on Westheimer between Elmen andRalph all all cross traffic as wellNic Phillips
- Dunlavy/Westheimer - a closer view of HFD concluding their fightNic Phillips
- High-pressure water escapes from the hoses fighting the three alarm blazeNic Phillips
- Houston Police struggle to keep Halloween revelers behind the safety lines onside streetsNic Phillips
UPDATE: (9:12 a.m. Sunday) Antique Warehaus/Turningleaf Furniture on the corner of Park and Westheimer was totally destroyed by the fire and Agora was seriously damaged. Houston Fire Department officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Photos of the aftermath can be seen in the slideshow.
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Firefighters are battling a three-alarm fire at Agora, the popular coffee bar in Montrose. Hundreds of spectators in Halloween costumes stood outside the bar near the corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy early Sunday morning and watched as flames burst through the roof. Firefighters are also battling a blaze at an antique shop next door, where the fire apparently started.
Fox News reports the fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. There did not appear to be any injuries. Police have cordoned off two blocks of Westheimer at the 2700 block of Dunlavy.
The Daily Cougar reports that around 2:30 a.m. a man dressed as Charlie Brown on a bicycle clipped his wheel on a fire hose and fell. Medics attended to him but he did not appear seriously hurt.