One person died after a home caught fire early Thursday morning on Klopman Mill Road in Denton.
The Denton Fire Department arrived on-scene at 2:45 a.m. on Thursday, Feb 25 to find an active fire.
Five people were inside at the time of the fire, according to the fire department. One person wasn t able to escape and was rescued by the fire department but later died at the scene, said Chief Travis Morris of the Denton Fire Department.
The fire started in the living room from a portable electric heating applicant, said Davidson County Fire Marshal Danny Ward.
No information has been released on the identity of the person who died or the condition of the others.