{"id":382429,"date":"2025-11-16T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/382429\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:48:15","slug":"families-move-into-new-apartments-after-devastating-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/382429\/","title":{"rendered":"Families move into new apartments after devastating fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Northwest Side families displaced by an apartment fire last week took a major step towards getting back on their feet, as they moved into their new homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Over the past week, people across San Antonio have been reaching out to donate items to families impacted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/07\/authorities-respond-to-apartment-fire-on-northwest-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/07\/authorities-respond-to-apartment-fire-on-northwest-side\/\">Nov. 7 fire in the 5100 block of USAA Boulevard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The complex, Avistar on the Boulevard, notified the families that they have apartment units for the families to move into \u2014 after the building they had been living in was considered a total loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cEverything\u2019s been really quick,\u201d affected resident Mauela Lopez said, \u201creally hectic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Lopez and her daughter, Eva, lost everything in the fire, minus a couple of photos they were able to salvage because of the container they were in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of donations; I\u2019ve had a lot of help,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cI should be really sad, but I feel really blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Lopez said multiple KSAT viewers reached out to her asking how they could help, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/10\/were-just-heartbroken-mother-and-daughter-reflect-on-devastating-apartment-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/10\/were-just-heartbroken-mother-and-daughter-reflect-on-devastating-apartment-fire\/\">a story that ran on Nov. 9<\/a>. She said those donations have been a big help to her and her daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m really blessed,\u201d Lopez said, \u201cmy refrigerator is looking full and our closets are full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Johanne Malonado and her three children also lost everything in the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI was super sad,\u201d said Alondra Maldonado, Johanne\u2019s daughter, said. \u201cI saw the smoke from across the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While Johanne said she is thankful her kids didn\u2019t see their home on fire up close, it was still all too real for them, knowing that all of their clothes, toys, blankets and pictures are gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt was heartbreaking, the news to her,\u201d Johanne Maldonado said. \u201cI picked her up from daycare, and I was like, \u2018I have to talk to you.\u2019 I was crying myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Both families are looking for furniture, but are grateful to have a place they can call home again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Northwest Side families displaced by an apartment fire last week took a major step towards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":382430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,5025,18477,14357,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-382429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-northwest-side","11":"tag-safd","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115558043094725604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}