Fire crews in Montgomery County responded to a house fire in Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania, on Thursday morning that, officials said, left a husband and wife dead and their son hospitalized.
According to fire officials, the incident began at about 4 a.m., when crews were called to a fire at a home along the 900 block of Bellaire Avenue for a reported house fire.
When crews arrived, they found a man outside the home who had attempted to contact his neighbors for help, officials told NBC10.
As they fought the fire, officials said, firefighters recovered the bodies of two people, later identified as 74-year-old Stephen Wood Sr. and 70-year-old Deborah Wood. Officials said the victims were a married couple and the man who had tried to get help was their adult son.
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The son, officials said, was taken to the hospital after suffering injures, though officials have not detailed the extent of his wounds.
According to fire officials, a dog was also killed in the morning fire.
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The fire took about two hours for firefighters to put out and an investigation into the cause of the incident was ongoing, officials said.
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