{"id":387507,"date":"2026-07-27T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:34:26","slug":"firefighters-help-homeowner-bury-dog-after-lit-candle-ignites-west-side-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387507\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters help homeowner bury dog after lit candle ignites West Side house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A 79-year-old woman safely escaped her West Side home after firefighters said a lit candle ignited a house fire.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were called around 2:52 p.m. Sunday to the 400 block of Balboa Avenue. <\/p>\n<p>Crews on scene said the elderly female homeowner lit a candle about 30 minutes prior and went to take a shower when she started smelling smoke. The woman was able to safely escape out the back of the house.<\/p>\n<p>The woman&#8217;s dog, a small terrier, was found deceased in the home. Firefighters are helping the woman bury her pet in the backyard. <\/p>\n<p>About half the home sustained significant smoke and structural damage. We&#8217;re told the woman declined Red Cross assistance and will stay with a family member. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A 79-year-old woman safely escaped her West Side home after firefighters said a lit candle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-387507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}