One person dead, another seriously burned in Antelope house fire

(FOX40.COM) — A woman is recovering from burn injuries after being pulled from an Antelope house fire on Tuesday morning that killed one other person, according to Sacramento Metropolitan Fire.

Fire crews arrived at the home in the 7600 block of Tartan Drive at around 12:30 a.m. to find the house with heavy smoke and flames.

After successfully knocking down the flames a resident of the home alerted firefighters that his parents were in the rear of the home.

Firefighters located a deceased man and a woman with significant burn injuries.

After removing the woman from the home, she was transported to Mercy San Juan Medical Center where she was stabilized and then transported to the UC Davis Medical Center burn unit for further medical care.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation and fire crews say that it appears that the home lacked working smoke detectors.

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