FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Two people were killed and three others seriously injured after a fire swept through two homes early Friday morning near the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Heavy flames were shooting through the roof of the one-story frame house when firefighters arrived in the 2600 block of Market Avenue around 1:50 a.m.
READ MORE: Dallas Carter Alum Sha'Carri Richardson Notches Win At Olympic TrialsThree people — a man, woman, and child — escaped the burning home and were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department.
A woman and a six-year-old child were killed in the fire.
A neighboring house was also damaged in the blaze, along with three vehicles.
The Red Cross is at the scene assisting the five displaced residents of the second home.
READ MORE: Nebraska Sending State Troopers To Help At Southern Texas BorderFire investigators were called to the scene, but there was no immediate word on what might have caused the flames.
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