SAFD battles two-story house fire on Northwest Side [Video]

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio firefighters worked for over an hour Monday afternoon to contain a large house fire on the Northwest Side.

Flames could be seen from the roof of a two-story home in the 7600 block of Susan Elaine on Monday afternoon.

SAFD believed the fire started in a gazebo attached to the house and then moved to the attic. However, a cause for the fire has yet to be determined.

“Once it got hold of the attic, then we were in a pretty good battle,” an SAFD battalion chief said.

The fire caused crews to take a defensive approach, deploying exterior hoses and an aerial stream.

A significant buildup of contents in the attic prevented crews from getting around to extinguish the fire.

The battalion chief clarified that while they referred to the conditions in the home as a hoarding situation, the categorization is used anytime a heavy content …