Army veteran dead after house fire in Osceola County

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (FOX 35 WOFL) - An army veteran is dead after a house fire in Osceola County.

The Osceola Fire Department says that a fire came in just before 6 a.m. on Thursday morning. Crews knocked down the fire on Foraker Way, but they are still investigating the cause.

Fox 35 reporter Amanda McKenzie was on scene and says that the man who died was an army veteran in his 60's. His wife and dog are being treated and are expected to be okay.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A retired <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Army?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Army</a> veteran in his 60s has died in an early morning fire at his <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kissimmee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kissimmee</a> home. His wife and dog, Angel, are being treated and are expected to be ok <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fox35?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fox35</a> <a href="https://t.co/yCSzBZrAuQ">pic.twitter.com/yCSzBZrAuQ</a></p>— Amanda McKenzie (@AmandaMckNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaMckNews/status/1019911823770996736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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