2 hospitalized after fire breaks out in home on east side of Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — Two people were hospitalized after a fire broke out a home on the east side of Indianapolis late Saturday morning.

According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, 911 dispatchers received multiple reports that indicated smoke and fire were visibly pushing from a home in the 200 block of South Fenton Avenue — which is located between East Washington Street and Rawles Avenue — around 10:37 a.m.

An IFD crew was subsequently sent to the scene. That crew arrived around 10:41 a.m. and found fire emanating from the front of a home.

Firefighters also encountered a 72-year-old man upon their arrival. The man told first responders a woman was still in the house…

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