2 injured in early morning house fire

A combined effort from two fire fighting agencies and more than two dozen firefighters was needed to quell a house fire that ignited near Green River Tuesday morning, resulting in a 34-year-old woman being severely injured from burns.

A house fire at 1600 Highway 374 was reported at 4:29 a.m. Tuesday morning, west of Green River. A release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office states a driver saw the fire from Highway 374 and helped rescue the occupants before the first fire engine arrived. According to Assistant Green River Fire Department Chief Bill Robinson, three trucks from the GRFD and one from Fire District No. 1 responded to the fire, with a total of 25 firefighters involved. Robinson said it took fire crews about two and a half hours to bring the fire under control.

"We worked on hot spots after that," Robinson said.

Robinson said two people were injured in the fire as a 34-year-old woman received severe burns from the fire and was flown to Salt Lake City due to her injuries. According to a release by the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, a four-year-old child received minor burns from the fire and two other children were able to escape the home without injury. Two dogs were killed in the blaze.

Robinson said the cause of the fire is under investigation. Later information pointed to an area where a hoverboard was kept as the origin of the fire.