Fire officials investigating after Lowell blaze leaves 1 dead, 1 seriously injured

State fire administrators are searching for the cause of a fire in Lowell late Friday night that left one person dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries agents noted Crews responding to a released structure fire at Appleton Street around p m located heavy smoke coming from the front of the building and one person seriously injured outside according to the State Fire Marshal s Office The injured person was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated Other residents managed to evacuate safely After learning that another person was still inside firefighters entered the building and identified them unresponsive The person whose name has not been distributed was pronounced dead at the scene The Office of the Chief Physiological Examiner will determine their cause of the death The cause of the fire remains under analysis by the Lowell Fire Department Lowell Police Department State Police assigned to the Middlesex DA s office and State Police fire investigators assigned to the State Fire Marshal s office This is a advancing news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details