SAN ANTONIO — A west-side family is displaced after a fire gutted their longtime home — a house once known in the neighborhood as a corner store.

The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at 322 Ceralvo. Family members said it began with a loud pop from the air conditioner. Within minutes, flames raced into the attic. The ceiling collapsed, spreading fire through bedrooms and living spaces.

Julie Castro said her mother, Yolanda, ran out of the home thinking her husband, Jose, was right behind her. But he wasn’t.

“My mom called my daughter and said, ‘Grandpa didn’t walk out behind me,’” Castro said.

That’s when Castro’s daughter ran inside the smoke-filled home. Firefighters arrived moments later and helped her find Jose sitting in his bedroom, disoriented but alive.

Jose, who suffere

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