PUEBLO — One person and a dog are dead, another is seriously injured following a house fire in Pueblo.
According to the fire department, they first received the call Wednesday around 12:15 p.m. When crews arrived at a house in the 1800 block of East Evans Avenue they said it was heavily engulfed in flames.
Rescue crews that did a preliminary search of the building were able to rescue one person. That individual has been flown to a Denver area burn center, their condition is unknown as of publishing this article.
Crews also say unfortunately they found a deceased individual and a dog in the house. The Pueblo Fire Department and the Pueblo Police Department are on scene investigating, the cause of the fire has not been determined or released as of publishing this article.
The identity of the people involved has not been released and the deceased individual will be identified by the Pueblo County Coroner at a later date.
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