Fairfax housefire kills one overnight, two others taken to hospital

FAIRFAX, Iowa (KCRG) – One person is dead and two others have been taken to the hospital after a house caught fire early Sunday morning in Fairfax.

Authorities were called to the 200 block of Olson Court around 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found a house fully engulfed in flames. First responders were told an elderly male had not escaped the house.

The two homeowners escaped the house and were taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. Two others in the house escaped unharmed.

Fire crews found the elderly man who was killed in the fire. His name is not being released at this time…

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