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Fire damages dialysis clinic, smoke spreads to neighboring businesses, firefighters say

Staff of clinic discovered fire early Wednesday

Perrin Beitel fire image. (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – An early morning fire damaged a dialysis clinic and the smoke spread to some neighboring businesses, the San Antonio Fire Department said Wednesday.

Firefighters were called sometime before 8 a.m. to a clinic in the 2300 block of NE Loop 410, not far from Starcrest Drive, after receiving reports of a fire.

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Firefighters said the fire originated inside the dialysis clinic and that the smoke got into the common attic of the strip center, spreading to other businesses that included an office for Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Fire officials said the fire was discovered just as the staff was arriving to open the clinic, so there were no patients inside.

Arson investigators are working to determine the exact cause of the fire. A damage estimate was not given.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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