Fire at vacant North Side apartments injures 2 firefighters, closes Blanco Road for hours – KSAT

Fire at vacant North Side apartments injures 2 firefighters, closes Blanco Road for hours  KSAT

Two firefighters are recovering from minor injuries they suffered while putting out a fire at a Blanco Road apartment complex. While they were working, the busy road was shut down for hours. SAN ANTONIO – A major fire on San Antonio’s North Side Wednesday morning left two firefighters with minor injuries and drivers with headaches caused by closed streets. >>READ MORE: 2 firefighters injured in fire at North Side apartment complex, SAFD says The fire, which broke out after 5:30 a.m., burned through a building at the Santa Fe apartments on Blanco Road, south of Jackson Keller. Although the apartment complex is vacant, crews still had to take a serious approach to putting it out.

“Those crews were operating under the guise that there was someone inside,” said Joseph Arrington, a public information officer for the San Antonio Fire Department. “Just because it’s boarded up and vacant from the outside doesn’t mean someone’s not seeking shelter there.” Arrington said while searching the building, one firefighter fell through the floor of an upstairs apartment, which collapsed beneath his feet. “A separate firefighter suffered minor burns to the hands. That firefighter has been transported for an evaluation at the hospital, as a precaution mainly,” he said. Arrington said both injuries were considered minor, and the firefighters should recover. It took hours for