Fire Marshal's Office Rules Arson For Fire Where Man Died South Of Downtown Austin

SOUTH AUSTIN, TX -- The Travis County Fire Marshall's Office on Wednesday ruled a house fire that took place two days before on Slaughter Creek Road was the result of arson.

On Oct. 24 at about 3 p.m., firefighters responded to an unincorporated part of Travis County at 10107 Slaughter Creek Road for a report of a fire. An adult male resident of the home suffered major burns as a result of the blaze and died the next day at the San Antonio Medical Center, officials said.

The home was a single-family, two-story, wood-frame house of about 1,500 square feet in size. By the time firefighters arrived, the structure was fully involved with flames visible in the front room of the structure.

The fire marshal's office is not releasing the man's name, pending notification of next of kin. An autopsy by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office is pending.

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