SBFD: Elderly man using wood-burning stove to stay warm loses home in fire

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
editor@sbnewspaper.com

San Benito News photo by Michael Rodriguez San Benito fire fighters are pictured at the scene of a house fire on Highway 345 (Sam Houston Boulevard) near the City Cemetery on Sunday, Dec. 8.

San Benito News photo by Michael Rodriguez
San Benito fire fighters are pictured at the scene of a house fire on Highway 345 (Sam Houston Boulevard) near the City Cemetery on Sunday, Dec. 8.

An elderly San Benito man lost his house to a fire on Sunday night after flames engulfed the home due to what firefighters indicated was an accident with a wood-burning stove.

There is little that now remains of the interior of the home, which is located on the 2900 block of North Sam Houston Boulevard (State Highway 345) in San Benito.

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