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Service dogs unaccounted for after Atascosa County fire

Authorities say no one was injured in the Sunday afternoon fire.

SAN ANTONIO — Update 11/19/2019: 

Both dogs were located in the destruction during cleanup from the fire, according to the homeowner, Robin Bullard.

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Multiple fire engines were dispatched to a blaze in Atascosa County that erupted Sunday afternoon, impacting multiple structures on a single property and displacing four people, officials said. 

The local fire marshal said no one was injured in the blaze, and firefighters were able to prevent flames from spreading to neighboring Brandy Wine Road properties. However, the homeowner told KENS 5 seven dogs are unaccounted for, including two service dogs. 

"Them dogs meant more to me than me," Robin Bullard, the homeowner, told KENS 5. "I'm sorry that's how I feel, them dogs were my life."

Officials added that there was a series of small explosions after the fire started due to a number of propane tanks on the property. 

"There was a  lot of explosions so we backed everyone out," Atascosa Fire Marshall Roger Garcia said. "We hit it with a deck gun because of safety and precaution measures." 

Credit: Courtesy / J. Garcia

Bullard is holding on to hope that the dogs managed to escape the blaze. 

"I can't go on without my babies," she said through tears. "Please, people please, be kind help me find them." 

The fire marshal is still investigating the blaze, and the cause is still being determined. 

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