STANLEY, N.C. (WJZY) – The parents of NASCAR driver and team co-owner Denny Hamlin were victims of the large house fire Sunday night, and his father died from his injuries, Gaston County officials confirmed Monday.
The massive fire broke out around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28, at a home owned by Hamlin’s property company in Stanley, North Carolina, according to the office of Emergency Management and Fire Services in Gaston County. Fire crews arrived to find the single-family home fully engulfed in flames.
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Dennis Hamlin, 75, and Mary Lou Hamlin, 69, were already outside of the house, but had “suffered catastrophic injuries while escaping the flames,” the department said.
Gaston County Emergency Medical Services transported the couple to CaroMont Regional Medical Center. Dennis Hamlin ultimately died from his injuries…