MARCH 10, 2015
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
A man who was badly burned in a fire Monday morning is
suspected of sparking the blaze at his home in East Bexar County.
At least four fire departments responded to the blaze, which
completely gutted one home and significantly damaged two others, just before 9
a.m. in the 3600 block of Candlehill.
The 28-year-old man, who was blown into his neighbors yard
by an explosion that sparked the fire, told authorities he had lit two cans of
gasoline on fire before the blaze, said Bexar County spokeswoman Laura Jesse.
Neighbors told investigators the man, who has not yet been
identified, may have been cooking meth, Jesse said.
Two men were able to pull the man away from the house as
flames ripped through it, but the man was taken to the San Antonio Military
Medical Center for treatment.
Myron Doern, a former first responder, had left his nearby
house to go to a gas station just before the fire broke out, he said. On way
his back, he saw flames in the area and drove down Candlehill.
When Doern arrived, another man approached him and told him
there was a man inside the burning home.
"When I got out of the car, (the neighbor) told me (the
man) was still in the house, and I could hear him screaming," Doern said.
"My first thought was... I was going to go in the house."
Neighbors warned Doern to not go into the burning home and
said they could hear the man in the back yard, Doern said.
The man and Doern broke down a fence and were able to get to
the victim and get him away from the fire safely, he said.
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