A woman in her 60s is dead following a house fire on the city’s North Side early Tuesday morning, the San Antonio Fire Department said.
The fire was called in around 4:40 a.m. at a home in the 9500 block of Mider Drive, not far from McCarty Road and San Pedro Avenue.
Firefighters said when the arrived, they found flames coming from the home. A bedridden woman inside was unable to make it safely out. The woman’s husband had minor smoke inhalation and is being treated at the scene by emergency crews, fire officials said.
The cause of the fire is not currently known. An arson investigation crew will try and determine an exact cause.
According to the San Antonio Fire Department website, as many as 14 units answered the call.
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