{"id":382971,"date":"2026-01-02T06:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:16:18","slug":"nascar-driver-denny-hamlins-dad-dead-following-north-carolina-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382971\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin&#8217;s Dad Dead Following North Carolina House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251229_e3d987855c7d46adbae4788697b73097\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9bd404c2-4ff0-4069-b580-e6cedcea9184\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3d987855c7d46adbae4788697b73097_md.jpg\" alt=\"denny-hamlin-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tragedy has struck NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin &#8230; his dad has died following a devastating house fire in North Carolina that also left his mother critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, Gaston County EMS confirmed 75 year old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dennis-hamlin\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Hamlin<\/a> died from injuries suffered in the blaze. Hamlin&#8217;s 69 year old mom, Mary Lou Hamlin was injured in the fire and remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officials say both victims managed to escape the burning home but suffered catastrophic injuries. Dennis was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The fire destroyed the home. Firefighters were forced to truck in water due to a lack of hydrants, slowing efforts to control the blaze. It took about two hours to bring the fire under control.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251229_a335d7a96b244c229e6fc8d6c4644c0f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9bd404c2-4ff0-4069-b580-e6cedcea9184\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767334578_740_a335d7a96b244c229e6fc8d6c4644c0f_md.jpg\" alt=\"denny-hamlin-sub-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the extensive damage, firefighters were able to save some racing memorabilia and collectibles from inside the home.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Denny has not yet commented publicly on the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tragedy has struck NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin &#8230; his dad has died following a devastating house fire in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-382971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382971","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=382971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}