Posted on 09/18/2025 9:22:28 AM PDT by algore
Police are probing the death of a congressional staffer who was found on fire at her home in Texas.
Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, was discovered by her mother, who called emergency crews to the Uvalde residence on the evening of September 13.
She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center but died from her injuries the next morning, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Santos-Aviles, remembered by friends and family as a 'devoted mother' to her eight-year-old son, had served as the regional district director for Republican US Representative Tony Gonzales since 2021.
Uvalde Police Chief Homer Delgado said there was no indication of foul play, but the Texas Rangers are helping complete their investigation.
Santos-Aviles's mother, Nora Ann Gonzales, described the incident as a tragic accident and that her daughter's final words were: 'I don't want to die.'
'When we arrived, we learned of a fire behind the residence that had been put out with a fire extinguisher,' the fire department chief Mario Rangel told the San Antonio Express-News.
In a statement, Congressman Tony Gonzales said: 'We are all heart-stricken by the recent news.
Police said they were called to Santos-Aviles's home in Uvalde at around 9.30pm, according to a call sheet obtained by KSAT.
The Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department also received a call at 9.39pm for an 'individual who was on fire.'
The call was canceled but firefighters still attended to the home since it was close to the station.
By the time they arrived, the fire had been put out.
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The clot would be traveling through the veins (which would be of successively larger diameter), into the heart, pulmonary artery, and thence to the lungs, where it would meet successively smaller diameter vessels as the blood was being. oxygenated. I’d wager that that is where it lodged. Same thing that killed Patton.
“ Loose blouse sleeves one caught on fire”
Awful. Long synthetic puffy sleeves near a gas stove is imminent death.
The Uvalde school district is shut down this week following a ransomware attack.
This happened in the last two weeks.
Security Now Podcast Sept 16 2025
But I do not think that it's connected ... (throwing away tin foil hat).
Probably upbringing.
If someone wants to start a fire, kerosene, diesel, or lighter fluid is far safer.
True.
Maybe she was just standing too close to the barbeque... It happens... It happens a lot actually.
I’m never moving to or even visiting Uvalde. Something wrong with that place.
Glad to hear that the Texas Rangers are taking over this case.
May she rest in peace.
Prayers for her family.
Haha - you know FR better than that.
Synthetic cloth tends to flash burn or melt. Natural cloth, cotton, wool and silk are much more forgiving.
Yes. Igniting the BBQ always makes me nervous. Lighter fluid ignites slowly without a big “WHOOMMM!
My wife like the self igniting briquettes with infused lighter fluid. They don’t gnite nice and slowly.
Never, ever, EVER use gasoline to ignite any sort of fire. People still make that mistake. (I personally prefer JP4, but it’s become impossible to find. JK!)
And drummers for Spinal Tap.
Beat me again!
No worries from my Traeger pellet grill.
Fire is a terrible way to go.
Like I said I didn't remember all the details of my kid's classmate. just that she died from a clot a number of weeks after the incident. like I said very sad - in first year of med school busted her ass to get in and then died from a stupid accident.
Avoid wearing polyester, folks. Natural fibers only.
“””If someone wants to start a fire, kerosene, diesel, or lighter fluid is far safer. “””””
I use diesel often to start a fire. NEVER NEVER NEVER gasoline.
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