Fire at vacant West Side house prompts warnings about fire safety

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San Antonio firefighters are concerned that a predicted cold snap could lead to more fires such as one inside a vacant West Side home Friday morning. Homeless people are believed to have started it.

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Someone in the area near the 200 block of Jesse Street noticed the fire after 6:30 a.m. and called 911. “The rear portion of the house had the severe fire, so the walls collapsed and all that was left was a big oven and chimney,” said Captain Robert Sepulveda, describing the scene.Sepulveda said that all indications are that someone had gotten inside the abandoned building, perhaps in an effort to get out of the cold.

This is just the latest fire recently that has been attributed to people inside buildings where they should not be.destroyed the former Midnight Rodeo early on the morning of November 2.

 

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