SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner's office has identified the 64-year-old man killed in an overnight house fire on the city's West Side Sunday morning.
Israel Alvarado died after the fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. at a home in the 900 block of Saddlebrook Drive. Firefighters said when they arrived, they found the house fully engulfed in flames.
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An unidentified person called 911 and told firefighters that everyone was out of the house, but firefighters said they found Alvarado in a restroom of the home.
After attempting to revive him, police pronounced him dead at the scene.
Due to the severity of the fire damage, officials said an exact cause of the fire could not be determined.
Firefighters deemed the home a total loss.
To learn more about the homeowner who lost his roommate, home and dog to the house fire, click here.