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Boy, 12, Dies in South Texas Mobile Home Fire

Police investigating the cause of the blaze

Investigators say a 12-year-old boy has died in a South Texas mobile home fire.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says the fire happened late Saturday morning at a mobile home in an area west of San Antonio.

Firefighters arrived to find the residence engulfed in flames. Emergency personnel found the body in the burned-out home. A sheriff's official say an older boy managed to escape.

Authorities are seeking a cause for the blaze.

The name of the victim wasn't immediately released. Further details weren't immediately available.

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