SAN ANTONIO – Firefighters have been busy Wednesday battling wind-whipped fires across San Antonio.
"We've been dealing with wind gusts over 30 mph this morning. That is significant wind for us," San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said.
Windy weather gave firefighters some problems putting out a two-alarm house fire at 10:57 a.m. in the 3900 block of Meadowlark on the city's Southeast Side.
"The smallest fire could turn into something like this," Hood said. "So it's really important for people that are smoking, discarding cigarettes outside of their car windows ... to curtail that activity today where you're not throwing any type of flame, any type of ember out, because it's going to spread rapidly."
The fire started in the back portion of the home and destroyed the garage. Nobody was home at the time of the fire.
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Another fire was reported at 12:08 p.m. in the 500 block of Ceralvo.
"We have 18 units out here working a fire that started reportedly in an adjacent building, spread to a car and then spread to a house," Hood said.
Two apartment units were damaged by fire around 12:26 p.m. in the 6100 block of Northwest Loop 410 near Ingram Road. Damage was estimated at $10,000.
Firefighters were also called out to MLK Drive, Southwest 24th Street and Lamar Street, fire officials said.
Map below shows approximate locations for fire calls.