Motorized mobility chair sparked house fire that killed man, arson investigators say

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A man who used a mobility chair to get around died as a result of a fire in his home. Arson investigators now believe that chair is what caused the fire.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office was still working to positively identify the man who was killed. Staff members said he was 68 years old.– Arson investigators believe a local man’s main form of transportation — a motorized mobility chair — is what sparked a house fire that led to his death.

Word of his death spread through the Southeast Side neighborhood where he lived, leaving people who knew him devastated. Gill was out at the time when the fire broke out, but came home to see firefighters battling the flames at her neighbor’s home. “When he came outside, he was friendly,” Gill said. “Occasionally, we’d chat about the yard or whatever.”Bular Swain, who lives across the street, considered the victim to be family.

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