Man dies in Culebra Park house fire on West Side
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Taylor Pettaway, Staff writer
Jan. 4, 2022 Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 10:03 a.m.
SAFD battled a house fire on the East Side Thursday night.
Ken Branca
A man was killed in a West Side house fire early Tuesday morning, the San Antonio Fire Department confirmed.
Crews were called to the 1400 block of San Andreas Street in the Culebra Park neighborhood after a blaze started at the single-story structure just after 6:30 a.m. Officials said the fire likely started in the living room and was contained to the living, dining and kitchen area.
It took firefighters less than 10 minutes to knock down the flames. Inside the home, they found the man unconscious in the hallway from smoke and heat injuries.
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Medics worked on the man for about 30 minutes to try to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward said.
The fire appears to have been started accidentally, but investigators are looking into it.
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