AFD firefighter speaks for first time since he was trapped in 2015 fire

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The death of a San Antonio firefighter killed Thursday night battling a four alarm strip mall fire hits all too close to home for the Austin Fire Department.
For some, the tragedy for SAFD is a reminder of what could have been for fire crews responding to a three-alarm fire in October 2015 that ripped through the Dry Creek West Condominiums in northwest Austin. That fire sent three firefighters to the hospital after the second floor collapsed, and trapped the