Neighbors of a man found dead Monday night inside the garage of a burning North Side home are questioning whether it all could have been prevented.

The home on Chartwell Drive had been the site of numerous 911 calls, including about a half dozen made on Monday. San Antonio firefighters and police responded to the home for the last time of the day at approximately 7:30 p.m.

According to a report, the mother of a 54-year-old man reported that her son was inside a garage apartment and started a fire. Officers said they initially tried to get the man to come out of the garage, but he refused.

What began as a small fire with light smoke erupted into a full blaze. The fire then spread to the main house attached to it, police said.

“At some point, we started smelling smoke,” said Mary Cynthia

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