A family of six plus their four-legged friends narrowly dodged disaster when a blaze tore through their two-story Alamo Ranch home just as Tuesday ticked in. KENS 5 reports that San Antonio fire squads were summoned to the 5800 block of Sweetwater Way around 12:13 a.m., arriving to a fierce inferno with flames visibly devouring the roof.
The fire's fury didn't claim any victims as the family, along with their pets, managed to escape without injury. Despite the late hour, the American Red Cross is stepping up to offer the now-homeless crew a helping hand, as detailed by both KENS 5 and KSAT.
Sources have yet to slap a price tag on the calamity, but preliminary guesses hover around the $100,000 mark, according to KENS 5. The cause of the combustion remains a mystery, with investigations likely ticking away as Bexar County and Helotes fire brigades sift through the char and chatter.
