HOUSTON — One person is dead and another was hospitalized Friday after a house fire in southeast Houston.
This happened at about 9:45 p.m. at a home in the 5300 block of Greylog Drive.
According to the Houston Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched within six minutes of the 911 call and found heavy smoke and fire coming from a one-story home. Deputy Chief Bryan Sky-Eagle said it appears the fire may have started in a bedroom and spread.
Firefighters made it inside the home and used a thermal camera to find and rescue one person who was trapped in the hallway of the home near the back door.
A second crew worked on putting out the fire while additional firefighters rescued another person who was trapped in the house near the kitchen area.
Both victims were taken to nearby hospitals where one of them died from their injuries, according to HFD. The other person is reportedly stable.
Arson investigators are looking into the cause of this fire.
The identity of the victims has not been released.
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