A young boy and an adult male both died after a fire ripped through a home in La Porte.
Updated 1 hr 1 min ago
LA PORTE, TX (KTRK) -- An adult male and a young boy are both dead and a young girl injured following a house fire in La Porte.
Firefighters told us flames broke out inside the home at 3831 Teakwood Drive around 3:30am this morning. Next door neighbor Brandi Barton recalled the frantic moments which followed to Eyewitness News.
Barton said she woke up to banging on her front door and her door bell ringing constantly. When she answered, Barton said a 11-year-old girl started screaming and told Barton two people, the girl's father and brother, were still trapped inside the structure.
PHOTOS: Three injured following fire in La Porte
Three people are in unknown condition following a house fire on Pecan Street at Teakwood Drive in La Porte.
Barton said she'll never forget the look on the girl's face.
"Just pure fear, I never seen somebody ... I never seen somebody so scared in my life. She's 11. It's just horrible," said Barton. "We never saw the father. She just told us, he went back in for the brother. My husband went looking for him thinking maybe he grabbed him ... had smoke inhalation and he collapsed ... We never saw him out."
Barton said her husband called 911 as she called the girl's mother. Fortunately, the girl remembered her mother's cell phone number.
"I got on the phone with the mother and told her the house is on fire. Your daughter is here. Your husband and son are not. I haven't seen them yet. I could hear the fire department pulling down the street as I was talking to her. I let her know it was full blown house fire. She needed to leave work and call 911," said Barton. "She was screaming and crying. I mean what else can you do at that point but scream and cry and look for your baby ... because she was asking where the baby was. She knew the girl was okay. She was asking where the baby was."
Just before 7am, the city of La Porte sent out a news release. Firefighters confirm the young girl escaped the fire and called for help. First responders treated her at the scene and at a local hospital. She's expected to make a full recovery.
Authorities also said paramedics rescued a young boy from the fire who showed signs of smoke inhalation and potential burns. They took him to the hospital where he later died.
Crews also found a man dead inside the home. La Porte firefighters nor the fire marshal would not comment or speculate on the man's identity. He told us the medical examiner is on their way to the residence.
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