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Warehouse fire near downtown destroys $150,000 worth of food in freezer

The call was initially for a smoke investigation on Merida Street. Firefighters traced the smoke to a warehouse freezer and put out the fire quickly.

SAN ANTONIO — Thousands of dollars worth of food was destroyed after a storage freezer caught on fire in a warehouse on Sunday night. According to the San Antonio Fire Department, it happened around 9:30 p.m.

A SAFD battalion chief said the call was initially for a smoke investigation on Merida Street, west of downtown. Firefighters traced the smoke to a warehouse freezer. The fire was quickly put out.

The chief estimates the fire damaged around $150,000 worth of food.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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