A man was killed in a house fire Thursday morning on the South Side.
– Joe Arrington, an SAFD public information officer, said the department received multiple calls around 9:30 a.m., including from people who lived in a trailer on the property.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the middle of the home, which Arrington said was a metal structure.As crews entered the home, they found the man dead inside. SAFD said the man in his 60s was the only one in the home. Arrington said the cause for the fire and the man’s death were not known at this time. The age of the man was not immediately known.
Fire investigators and the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office were en route to begin their respective investigations, Arrington said. Homicide and arson investigators also showed up. Arrington told the KSAT crew at the scene that when there is a death at a scene, calling homicide investigators is now a standard procedure for SAFD.Mason Hickok is a digital producer trainee at KSAT. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a communication degree and a minor in film studies. He also spent two years working at The Paisano, the independent student newspaper at UTSA.
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