Homeowner killed in house fire in west Bexar County identified

A man who died in a house fire on Wednesday morning in west Bexar County has been identified.

Bexar County officials on Friday said the victim was identified as Jimmy Anthony Dehoyos, 47.

Dehoyos owned a home in the 9800 block of Misty Plain Drive that caught fire around 6:50 a.m. — but officials said he wasn’t found during firefighters’ initial search of the home.

It wasn’t until a second search that Dehoyos was found in the home.

Neighbors told KSAT 12 News that the victim collected a lot of objects, and officials said that may have made it more difficult for the firefighters to make the discovery initially.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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