KILGORE, Texas — A second person has died at a hospital Wednesday following a house fire in Kilgore, according to the fire department chief.
One person died earlier Wednesday after a fire at 2005 Crestview Lane. The fire department said two people were in the house when the fire broke out and only one managed to escape.
The one person who got out of the house later died at the hospital.
First responders from KFD, Kilgore Police Department, Kilgore Rescue and the Gregg County Fire Marshal were at the scene Wednesday morning, where the fire had been extinguished. An investigation into the fire is currently ongoing, according to the Kilgore News-Herald.
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