SAN ANTONIO – About 55 firefighting units worked to put out a three-alarm fire Saturday at the Agave Apartments complex in downtown San Antonio.
The San Antonio Fire Department said the blaze appeared to have started about 5:45 p.m. in a unit on the fifth floor of Building 6. Smoke billowed out of the back of the apartments at Cesar Chavez and South St. Mary’s Street.
No residents or firefighters were injured in the blaze.
The Fire Department said the fire came up through the unit and into the attic space, breaking through the roof.
There was smoke throughout the building and extensive damage in the unit where the fire started.
Sprinklers helped extinguish the fire in the unit of origin.
Crews had to physically force open the doors of the fourth and fifth floors to make sure no one was still inside the building.
The scene is under control, but the Fire Department said it’s still not done for the day.
“We’re going to be out here for quite a while. The fire is under investigation. There’s no reason for us to think it’s anything other than probably something electrical or some type of malfunction. Right now, that’s what we’re looking at,” Chief Charles Hood said.
All of the residents in Building 6 are going to have to spend the night somewhere else. The building has sustained significant water damage.
Residents of Building 6 have rooms waiting for them at the Grand Hyatt on Market Street.
The Fire Department is working with the alarm and sprinkler company to see if everyone else can get back in their buildings.
Residents are able to get their cars from the parking garage.