Twin sisters are being forced to find a new home after a fire partially destroyed their Northwest Side apartment Feb. 10, 2017.
SAN ANTONIO — Twin sisters are being forced to find a new home after a fire partially destroyed their Northwest Side apartment Friday morning.
Police responded around 8 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road.
Sierra Ray, one of the 19-year-old twins, said she was getting ready when the fire started.
"I was blowdrying my hair, and then I heard a pop and the plug started smoking," Sierra said. "Then all the lights went off and smoke, like heavy black smoke, started coming out of the lights."
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Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Fire crews battle a blaze inside a Northwest Side apartment in the 6600 block of Callaghan Road Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
She and her sister, Serena, called 911 and fled the apartment.
When firefighters first arrived on the scene, they had to search for the fire in the walls, according to Joe Arrington, a spokesman for the San Antonio Fire Department.
"It was kind of stubborn, running a little bit," Arrington said.
They could feel where they heat was coming from, so they used axes to bust open the walls and ceiling of the apartment, where they discovered the fire.
"They had to cause some damage to prevent further damage," Arrington said.
Two apartments were affected by the fire, that of the Ray sisters and a vacant unit. It is unclear how much damage the fire caused.
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Sierra said she and her sister would relocate to another apartment in the complex for the time being.
The twins' mother, Sandy, who lives in the same complex, said she was thankful her daughters were uninjured in the fire.
"I ran right down when I heard," she said. "I thought they were joking at first."
She said the fire brought on flashbacks as her older son's apartment had previously been consumed in a fire. He was uninjured.
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