Response: 5 pieces of heavy fire equipment, 20 firefighters

Times: 1^st alarm – 5:38 a.m.

Under control @ 6:30 a.m.

Cause: Under Investigation

Injuries: 2 fatalities – 45-year-old female and her 17-month-old grand daughter

Damage: $40,000

Details: Firefighters arriving at the one story frame home early Wednesday morning reported fire already coming through the roof. Neighbors outside told firefighters that someone was still inside the home. Firefighters entered the house through a side door and made an aggressive interior attack on the fire while others did a quick search. The two victims were found in a back bedroom and were removed from the house. They were unable to be revived and were pronounced dead on the scene. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office is working to determine the exact cause of death. Names of the two victims have not yet been released, pending the notification of the next of kin. Fire investigators worked most of the morning collecting evidence and conducting interviews. The cause of the fire remains undetermined at this time and there were no other injuries reported. The two fatalities this morning are the 10^th and 11^th to occur in Dallas this year.

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