{"id":474428,"date":"2026-10-23T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474428\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:32:11","slug":"1-dead-another-hospitalized-after-house-fire-on-northeast-side-safd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474428\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, another hospitalized after house fire on Northeast Side, SAFD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire happened at home on Blakeley Drive, near Rittiman Road and Austin Highway<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IFHFCHJKLJBQDKQ3UIJATOY3DE.jpg\"\/>San Antonio firefighters respond to a deadly fire at 200 Blakely Drive near Austin Highway on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A person is dead and another was hospitalized after a house fire early Friday on the Northeast Side, according to San Antonio fire officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Fire crews were called shortly after midnight to a home in the 200 block of Blakeley Drive, near Rittiman Road and Austin Highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">While on scene, firefighters rescued one person and a pet from the home, but a second person did not survive, SAFD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The person who was rescued was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Investigators said the inside of the home was severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the San Antonio Fire Department\u2019s arson team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Additional information about the victims has not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Firefighters are reminding residents to check smoke alarms every month and set a phone reminder to do so. Smoke alarms should be installed on the ceiling in every room, especially bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Residents who need help getting a smoke alarm can call 311 in San Antonio. Some fire stations provide smoke alarms and can install them for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">READ ALSO:<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsRebecca Salinas headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792755130_102_8ac23a27-2477-47f8-bda5-c37572918193.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/RebeccaSalinas\/\" title=\"View Rebecca Salinas&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Salinas<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Rebecca Salinas is an Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Patty Santos headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b31a5316-e5d5-44aa-b59d-1b14fc2e9103.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/RDGCP4QPRNCETLSGWMIO6TDIAA\/\" title=\"View Patty Santos&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Santos<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Patty Santos joined the KSAT 12 News team in July 2017. <\/p>\n<p>She has a proven track record of reporting on hard-hitting news that affects the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire happened at home on Blakeley Drive, near Rittiman Road and Austin Highway San Antonio firefighters respond to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[630,634,633,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-474428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-fire","tag-northeast-side","tag-safd","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\/474428","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=474428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}