Records: Texas Home Where 4 Died Had Repeated Violations

Records show that a San Antonio, Texas, group home where four men died in a fire in August had chronic violations of safety requirements, including fire standards.

The San Antonio Express-News reported Thursday that Amistad Residential Facility owner Nancy Murrah corrected repeated problems that turned up in Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services reports. But records obtained by the newspaper indicate the same infractions showed up within months in new reports.

A message left Thursday with the facility by The Associated Press wasn’t immediately returned.

The last inspection in April 2010 revealed the home lacked a functioning fire alarm panel. There’s no record of the panel being fixed because the state halted oversight of such group homes a few months later.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.