CASTLE HILLS, Texas — Five people died Sunday after a fire broke out at a senior-living apartment building in the San Antonio suburb of Castle Hills, authorities said.
Ten other residents of the Wedgwood Apartments remained hospitalized and an unknown number were unaccounted for Sunday evening, according to Bexar County Fire Marshal spokeswoman Laura Jesse.
A total of 150 firefighters from San Antonio and six other fire departments responded to the blaze, which was reported shortly after 6 a.m., San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove said.
The cause of the three-alarm fire at the 11-story high-rise is under investigation, but it appears to have originated on the third floor, Jesse said. The fire, which has been extinguished, left some “significant damage,” she said.
Not all of the 216 residents listed on the building’s rent rolls have been accounted for, Jesse said. It was not immediately clear how many of those residents were inside during the fire, she said. Jesse said residents are not required to check in or out of the building, which also has commercial tenants.