1 person dead following house fire near downtown Dallas, officials say

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — One individual is useless following a home fireplace in Dallas early Friday morning.

Slightly after 3:15 a.m., firefighters had been despatched to a construction fireplace name at a house positioned on the 3100 block of Bryan Avenue, simply exterior of downtown.

Dallas cops initially referred to as within the incident after smelling smoke as they had been reporting off-duty. Officers mentioned they proceeded to analyze the odor till they discovered the house the place smoke was coming from.

When Dallas Hearth-Rescue arrived, they noticed “a number of smoke” coming from a one-story residence, officers mentioned. And never lengthy after, fireplace was seen coming by way of the roof.

Firefighters had been shortly capable of include the hearth and isolate the injury—largely throughout the attic—and declared an “out faucets” at 4:32 a.m.

Crews pulled one individual from the house; nevertheless, they had been pronounced useless on the scene, officers mentioned. Their identification has not been launched at the moment.

Officers mentioned the hearth’s trigger can be listed as undetermined pending the sufferer’s explanation for demise.

No different accidents had been reported.