Man dies after house fire in Northwest Dallas, fire department says
A 43-year-old man has died following an early morning house fire in Northwest Dallas, authorities said Saturday.
According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, at about 4:45 a.m., crews were called to a structure fire at a home in the 3000 block of Sumter Drive.
When firefighters arrived, they witnessed fire coming from the front door of the home and received a report that someone may be inside. DFR said after deploying hand lines and forcing entry to conduct a search and rescue operation, a man was found unresponsive near the entrance of the home.
DFR said firefighters worked quickly and pulled the victim, later identified as 43-year-old Dale Russell Leibert, from the home, however, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Firefighters continued to work to extinguish the blaze, and it was out just before 6 a.m.
DFR said the cause of the fire is under investigation and will be listed as undetermined until those results are completed.
