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Beyoncé’s childhood home consumed by Christmas Day fire

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Beyoncé’s childhood home was consumed by a Christmas Day fire.

Firefighters in Houston, Texas’ Third Ward, responded to a raging blaze on the 2400 block of Rosedale Street, in the early hours of Christmas day, according to local station KIAH.

They reportedly took 10 minutes to largely tamp down the flames after needing only three minutes to arrive on the scene.

The couple who live in the house and their two children were home at the time but uninjured.

What caused the two-story home to catch fire wasn’t immediately clear.

The holiday season helps make December the leading month for residential fires in the U.S., according to the National Fire Protection Association.

The Knowles family, whose eldest daughter Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter grew up to be an international pop star and the winningest artist in Grammy history, paid 64,000 dollars for the Houston home in 1981, according to TMZ.

They left the three-bedroom house in 1986 after Beyoncé’s sibling, Solange Piaget Knowles, also a Grammy-winning recording artist, came along in 1986.

The home features a spiral staircase, three bathrooms and an office.

TMZ said a buyer paid 310,000 dollars for the 8,640-square-foot-lot lot next to the house last year.

Beyoncé performed in Houston twice in September as she wound down her 39-city Renaissance World Tour, which grossed 579 million dollars.

The “Crazy in Love” singer broke the record for the most wins ever by a single honoree at this year’s Grammy Awards, earning her 32nd gramophone trophy.

Emmanuel Yashim

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