FRANKLINTON, N.C. — An 81-year-old woman and her small dog died Thursday night in a house fire in Franklin County.
Crews responded to a home on Harris Way before 10 p.m. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was unable to walk and trapped inside. Firefighters found her on the floor of the home and brought her outside.
First responders administered CPR, but she had no pulse and was pronounced dead.
A small dog also died in the fire.
According to Jim Pearce, assistant fire chief at Mitchiner’s Cross Road Rural Fire Department in Franklinton, there was heavy fire in the front of the house, and firefighters had to knock the door down to get inside.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The investigation is ongoing, but firefighters said there is no indication of anything malicious.
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