SAN ANTONIO – A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal house fire on the East Side, according to a San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson.
Todd Benjamin Stewart, 47, is charged with arson causing bodily injury/death, according to an SAFD spokesperson and Bexar County court records.
The fire occurred Tuesday around 5:15 a.m. at a home in the 1200 block of Rigsby Avenue.
A person had been detained at the scene for questioning, SAFD said on Tuesday.
SAFD said a woman in her 70s died in the fire. A family member, who did not wish to be identified, confirmed the victim as Marie Yolanda Stewart.
Her age, cause and manner of death are still pending from the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The family member also confirmed that Todd Benjamin Stewart was Marie’s son.
The SAFD spokesperson confirmed the cause of the fire to be arson in an email to KSAT
A preliminary report of the incident is still pending.
Stewart’s bond was set to $150,000 on Tuesday, according to court records.
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