2 Rescued from San Antonio House Fire

SAN ANTONIO — According to residents in a northeast San Antonio neighborhood, a father and son were the victims of an early-morning house fire.

The San Antonio Fire Department confirmed the rescue of two family members from the blaze; however, the department did not have specifics on their relationship.

“When units arrived on the scene, we saw smoke coming out of the house,” SAFD Battalion Chief Michael Moore told KENS 5.

Moore said the fire was coming out from the front of the house in the 4800 block of Castle Pine Drive, near Gibbs Sprawl Road.

Firefighters said there were reports that two victims were still trapped inside.

Johnny Barrera tried to retrieve his neighbors before the fire department arrived. He kicked in their door but the heat was too much to bear.

“Nothing but black smoke … we couldn’t get in there,” Barrera said. “We tried our best. It was too hard to get in there.”

SAFD was able to rescue two men from the house. Emergency crews worked hard to revive a 23-year-old man.

Moore said the men suffered from smoke inhalation. One was rushed the hospital; the other man was attended to at the scene before being taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center for treatment.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Barrera said he talked with a family member who claimed the blaze was started by a Christmas tree.

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Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.

Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.

He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.

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