A house fire in Prince George’s County on Thursday has left one person dead and another in critical condition.
Fire and EMS arrived at the 6400 block of Wilburn Drive in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, a little before 1 p.m. They were met with flames erupting from the basement of a split-level home.
Fire officials said they searched the house and found one person trapped in the basement. That person was pronounced dead on the scene.
Another person was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.