UPDATE 530pm:
Officials have found a fifth body Monday in the deadly San Marcos Apartment Complex fire.
UPDATE 10am:
Recovery and investigation efforts in the deadly San Marcos Apartment fire are ongoing according to City Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner, who said the death toll rose from three, to four. The latest body was discovered late Sunday night.
Officials have yet to identify the bodies, Kistner continued, but they did find out the building they were found in, the 500 building of the Iconic Village Apartments did not have a fire suppression sprinkler system installed, because it was built before the city codes required it in the late 60s. City officials report there are five people unaccounted for in the apartment but would not say if those are the same people who were found dead.
Original :
Authorities in San Marcos hold a news conference this morning to give an update on the huge apartment fire on Friday that displaced 200 people. Sunday, three bodies were pulled from the rubble, although Trey Hatt with the City of San Marcos said there is still officially five people unaccounted for. “Until we have the bodies identified we’re not going to be able to make any changes one way or the other,” said Hatt.
Investigators and recovery crews will be back on the scene today.
(Photo: Shutterstock by Brian A Jackson)
USE ALTERNATE ROUTE: SM Fire & Police are on site at a structure fire at Iconic Village Apts. Please avoid the area around LBJ, Ramsay & Clark Streets. Six injured have been transported to area hospitals. Fire Dept is currently working the fire. pic.twitter.com/E0yhUtUqQj
— San Marcos (@CityofSanMarcos) July 20, 2018
