Beyoncé’s childhood house in Houston caught hearth within the early hours of Christmas Day, with firefighters despatched to the property to place out the blaze.

The star’s household bought the home on the 2400 block of Rosedale Avenue in 1982 and lived there till they bought it in 1986.

A hearth on the property was reported at round 2am on Monday (December 25), with the Houston Fireplace Division despatched to the scene to take care of the hearth. “We had it contained in about 10 minutes,” Houston Fireplace Division District Chief Justin Barnes instructed the Houston Chronicle.

The fireplace was on the second flooring of the two-storey home and officers stated the household presently residing within the property had been evacuated safely and no accidents have been sustained in the course of the incident.

The trigger for the hearth has but to be confirmed and is below investigation, in line with experiences.

Though Beyoncé and her household haven’t lived in the home for a few years, it has develop into a landmark for her followers. When the star returned to Houston in September for her Renaissance world tour cease on the metropolis’s NRG Stadium, she was noticed taking images exterior the home and one other house she spent her childhood residing in, in addition to an indication marking the start line of the Riverside Terrace Third Ward.

In the meantime, followers attending the Renaissance live performance movie premiere in Bahia, Brazil, failed the viral “mute” problem. The problem requires followers to remain silent when Beyoncé sings the road “Go searching, everyone on mute” in ‘Power’.

As Beyoncé tried to get the group to participate within the problem on the premiere, followers continued to scream. When the artist gave them a second probability, they nonetheless continued to cheer for her.

On the occasion, the star defined why she had attended the premiere in Brazil. “I got here as a result of I like you a lot,” she stated. “It was crucial to me to be right here — proper right here in Bahia. The Renaissance is about freedom. It’s about magnificence, pleasure, resilience, every thing that you’re about. I’m so honoured to be right here and so pleased to see your lovely faces. I like you a lot.”