Woman, 78, Dead After House Fire on Northwest Side of San Antonio
I woke up to yet another heartbreaking story from our city—this time, a deadly house fire on San Antonio’s Northwest Side. A 78-year-old woman died early Thursday morning when flames tore through her home near Loop 410 and Southill Drive.
The fire started around 3:30 a.m., and by the time firefighters arrived, heavy smoke had already taken over the house. They managed to get inside, pulled the woman out from a rear bedroom—but it was too late. She didn’t make it.
What makes this even harder is that she wasn’t alone. She lived with her pets—three dogs and some birds. Firefighters rescued one of the dogs and the birds. But two dogs are still missing…