Seven people escape East Side home during fire house is a total loss

SAN ANTONIO – Seven people are without a home after the East Side house where they lived was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday morning. The fire was reported just after 6 a.m. in the 1400 block of East Carson Street, in the Government Hill neighborhood, across from JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The San Antonio Fire Department said they were at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian just down the street when they saw the fire. A family of four who lived inside the house said parts of the home had been rented out to three different…