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A small home that some homeless were staying in on the city’s far South Side was destroyed by a fire early Monday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

Two homes and three cars burned in a fire that was fanned by the strong winds. Firefighters are reminding people not to try to use outdoor fires under these weather conditions.

Firefighters faced challenges at two different fires Monday morning which slowed their efforts to save people and property. In one case, a man suffered burns and smoke inhalation.

Fire destroyed a home and trailer, and damaged two other homes next door. It also left some of the people who lived there looking for another place to stay.

A man who firefighters believed stowed away on a freight train in Eagle Pass had to be rescued once he arrived in San Antonio. Huge metals coils on top of the tran car trapped him for more than 12 hours, they say.

A fire, believed to have been caused by an extension cord, has displaced 2 people from their home.

Someone has set fire to the same Southwest side building three times in the past month. Arson investigators are trying to track down that fire bug.

Authorities have identified a 67-year-old man who died after his South Side home caught on fire Sunday.

A man is dead after San Antonio firefighters said they removed him from a mobile home after it caught fire on the South Side.

Loud banging led to the discovery of dozens of people stuck inside a tractor-trailer on a Southwest Side street early Friday morning.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Arson investigators are trying to figure out how a house packed tight with furniture and other items went up in flames just south of downtown San Antonio early Tuesday. Fire in suspected hoarder house presents challenge for firefightersThey told KSAT12 that they did not seen anyone inside or near the burning home at the time. “The house is supposed to be vacant and it’s got tons and tons of stuff in it. It’s like a hoarder house,” said Battalion Chief Russell Johnson with the San Antonio Fire Department. After a fire investigations team had a chance to assess the fire, they called for an arson team to find out what caused it.