SAN ANTONIO – A door inside the garage of a Northeast Side home made all the difference when fire broke out early Thursday morning, according to San Antonio firefighters.
They say it stopped the flames from spreading into the home.
Firefighters received the call that the attached garage was on fire around 4:30 a.m.
Northeast Side family displaced after early morning garage fire
They raced to the scene in the 4700 block of Emden Hollow and found out that everyone in the home already had found a way out.
“Three people, a cat and a dog. Everybody got out OK, safely,” said Battalion Chief Brooke Hildreth with SAFD. “The homeowners heard popping, thought it was thunder. Got up. Came outside. Saw smoke coming out of the garage.”
The smoke also spread into the home, itself.
At one point when it got into the attic, firefighters had to use a saw to open up that area and allow it to vent.
Two vehicles that were parked in the driveway, a car and pickup, got too close to the fire and were damaged.
Firefighters, though, managed to keep the flames out of the house.
Hildreth said once the electricity is restored, the family should be able to move back into the home.
Still unknown is how the fire started.
“We’re looking into it right now to figure out what started it,” Hildreth said. “They have some appliances in there so we’re looking at that right now.”
Firefighters estimated the damage at about $60,000.