Woman burned in Saucier house fire succumbs to injuries, fire chief says

One person has succumbed to her injuries from a Tuesday morning house fire, Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said.

She died Wednesday night at the burn center at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, Sullivan said.

"The woman received some serious burns," Sullivan said.

Sullivan said the fire started in a home on East Adams Road around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday. Adams Road is in central Harrison County near Saucier, he said.

"When we got on scene, we found two people had escaped the house fire, but they were burned while trying to get out," Sullivan said. "The fire started while they were asleep."

The home was not equipped with smoke detectors, Sullivan said.

One other person was taken to Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport and was treated and released, Sullivan said.

"The house was destroyed," Sullivan said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Sullivan said.

This story was originally published July 3, 2018 at 12:39 PM.