SAN ANTONIO — Four people escaped a house fire on the east side early Monday morning – and a gas leak was reported as well. The fire broke out just before 2 a.m. in the 600 block of Hammond Avenue at a two-story home across from Highland Park Elementary School.
When crews from the San Antonio Fire Department arrived on the scene, they went into a defensive operation and started protecting neighboring homes.
The four people who made it out were not injured, SAFD said.
As firefighters battled the flames, a gas line broke and caught fire, investigators said. CPS Energy crews were called out to help contain the gas leak.
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