Fire crews struggled to get enough water to put out a fire that began Sunday at 8:45 p.m. at The Frederick Apartments in Northwest San Antonio.
Fire damage is seen from an apartment building near the South Texas Medical Center on Monday. No injuries were reported.The residents of 24 apartment units are displaced after a Sunday night blaze destroyed an entire three-story apartment building in the South Texas Medical Center.
The SAFD said Monday that people in 20 apartment units were safely evacuated Sunday night, but the building was deemed a total loss. As of Monday afternoon, there are no injuries or fatalities reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to SAFD. “We never rely on the private hydrants,” said Woody Woodward, public information officer for SAFD. “However, SAWS is responsible for the main hydrants along the road.”
Hayden said one of the 10 fire hydrants in the area was down when crews checked Monday morning, most likely after being hit by a car since the last time it was inspected, and that the nine others had sufficient water pressure. Hayden added that there was only one private hydrant with a fire hose still lying next to it that SAFD tried to use but was unable to.
On Monday morning, a fence was being installed along the perimeter of the building while a small group of firefighters huddled on the side of the building. Damage to the complex was obvious; burned wood was spread across the parking lot in front of the building and entire patios had collapsed. In the past month, Castillo said the organization worked on 29 fire displacement cases, which she said was a slight increase in cases involving apartment and home fires.
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