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On Monday night, Gaston County EMS confirmed\u00a0 75-year-old Dennis Hamlin died from injuries suffered in the blaze near Charlotte. Hamlin\u2019s 69-year-old mom, Mary Lou Hamlin, was injured in the fire and remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n
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Officials said both victims managed to escape the burning four-bedroom home, but suffered catastrophic injuries. Dennis was taken to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
The fire destroyed the home, per reports. Firefighters had to truck in water due to a lack of hydrants, which slowed efforts to control the fire. It took about two hours to bring the blaze under control, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Firefighters were able to save some racing memorabilia and collectibles inside the home.<\/p>\n
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Cause of fire not yet determined<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Denny, 45, has not yet commented publicly on the tragedy.<\/p>\n
Denny is tied for 10th on the NASCAR Cup Series\u2019 all-time win list with 60 big-league victories, including three Daytona 500 triumphs.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the second tragedy to impact the NASCAR community this month.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 18, NASCAR driver Greg Biffle<\/a> and his family were killed when a small plane crashed while attempting a landing at North Carolina\u2019s Statesville Regional Airport on Thursday.<\/p>\n Biffle was on the plane<\/a> with his wife, Cristina, and children Ryder and Emma, according to the highway patrol and a family statement. Others on the plane were identified as Dennis Dutton, his son Jack, and Craig Wadsworth.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED VIDEO We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n Play Video<\/p>\n Check out our sports section<\/a> for the latest news and analysis. Care for a wager? Head to our sports betting section<\/a> for news and odds.<\/p>\n Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin\u2019s father has died following a house fire in North Carolina that also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-377009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Loading...\"](\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/20.2.3\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\"){kind=icon}
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