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Texas apartment block collapse as firefighters can’t retrieve water from hydrant
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Texas apartment block collapse as firefighters can’t retrieve water from hydrant
Some 130 residents were evacuated from a Texas apartment complex which later collapsed due to a massive blaze. Responding fire crews were met by frozen fire hydrants which greatly hampered their efforts.
Firefighters with the San Antonio Fire Department and various volunteer crews battled the blaze amid water shortages, pressure issues and freezing conditions.
The fire began at roughly 1pm local time on Thursday and eventually spread to cars in the complex’s adjacent parking lot. The fire reportedly broke out on the second floor of the complex shortly after residents received an alert to turn off their water heaters.
Eyewitness footage from the scene shows the desperate circumstances in which the fire crews were forced to operate, as the blaze consumed the building and they repeatedly ran out of water to fight it.
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