Late night house fire in Plano sends 1 to hospital in critical condition

A person is hospitalized in critical condition after a house fire in Plano late Friday night.

Firefighters arrived just before 11 p.m. to find smoke and flames billowing from a home in the 6600 block of Biltmore Place, near Coit Road and Spring Creek Parkway.

Fire crews found that there was one person who was unaccounted for, but they were able to find the person in the house.

That person was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Fiery tanker truck crash on Hwy. 75 in Plano injures 2

A good Samaritan rescued the driver of the tanker truck that was on fire. He was delivering supplies to the nearby Costco when he saw the accident happened. He ran over and pulled the driver out of the tanker truck as it was burning. Thanks to his quick actions, that driver suffered minor injuries.

Firefighters were then able to put out the flames.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.