LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after a residential fire happened in Seymour, Indiana on Monday.
In a post on social media, Seymour Police said two of it's officers were on a routine patrol when they came upon the fire around Hancock and Euclid Streets.
Police said Officers Sam Hughes and Joe Fagan found a woman calling for help and suffering from smoke inhalation.
They got her to safety, and tried to rescue another man that was still inside the burning building according to authorities. But the inside was too bad and the officers had to exit the building.
EMS responded to the scene and transported the woman to Schneck Medical Center, where her condition is unknown at this time.
The man, who was identified as 53-year-old Johnathan White, died at the scene police said.
The Seymour Fire Department and the Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating the cause of the fire.
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