Big fire in the far North Bexar apartment complex still smoldering

SAN ANTONIO A fire that destroyed an entire apartment building in remote North Bexar County is still smoldering.

The fire broke out Thursday morning around 1 p.m. in Cortland View at TPC Apartments, located in the 4000 block of TPC Parkway.

From early Friday morning, flames and smoke could still be seen rising from the ruins.

People living there told KSAT that they saw the fire break out from the second floor of the building moments after receiving a warning saying they had to turn off their water heaters.

Firefighters evacuated about 50-60 people from the building and at least one in the area.

“It was awful,” Irene Loera said. ‘I’m in building 7 right next to building 6 that burned down. They evacuated us earlier. We just stood out here and watched it burn. ”

Loera said she also spent part of the night in her car, although a temporary shelter for evacuees was opened at Johnson High School.

A fire department supervisor told KSAT on Friday morning that a total of 130 apartments had been damaged or destroyed.

There were at least seven cars next to the building that were visibly burned.

Firefighters say water outages in the area left the fire hydrant in the apartment complex dry.

They had to bring water on trucks to fight the fire.

A portion of the burning building collapsed late Thursday night.

So far no injuries have been reported.

Investigators at the Bexar County Fire Department will investigate the cause of the fire as soon as it is extinguished.

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