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Feb 19, 2021 48 secs

Firefighters near San Antonio had to truck in water Thursday to battle a blaze that devastated an apartment building because hydrants were frozen, a fire chief said.

between the flooring of an apartment building off TPC Parkway just outside the city, Bexar Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jerry Bialick said.

When crews arrived, the fire hydrant in front of the building, and others around it, were unusable because of the freezing weather and severe winter conditions in San Antonio and the rest of the state.

Following the winter storm and freezing temperatures that hit the state, around 4 million customers lost power in blackouts, but Residents told WOAI that there was electricity at the apartment complex.

It won't be until Saturday when temperatures for San Antonio and other parts of the state are forecast to remain above freezing at night

There have been at least 37 deaths in eight states in which the winter weather and freezing temperatures have been called a factor or the cause

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