SAN ANTONIO – A man was detained after he allegedly set fire to an apartment with a woman locked inside after an argument, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
The incident happened just after 10:30 p.m. Monday at an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Eisenhauer Road.
A man and woman got into an argument inside the complex, and the man locked the woman inside their apartment and lit a fire, an SAFD battalion chief said.
The woman and several people jumped from the apartment’s second floor to escape the fire, SAFD said.
Joe Arrington, SAFD’s public information officer, said five people were taken to the hospital with injuries consistent with the fire and falling.
One of those taken to the hospital was a firefighter who sustained minor burn injuries.
San Antonio police detained the man nearby after he fled, the fire battalion chief said.
It is unknown what charges the suspect could face; however, arson charges could come, the battalion chief said. An email from SAFD marketing manager Woody Woodward said the department’s arson division is investigating the fire.
The apartment did not have significant structural damage, according to SAFD.
Apartment management would be working with displaced residents, Arrington said. It’s not clear how many residents were displaced.
