KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — An elderly man died in a Kannapolis house fire Thursday afternoon, according to the Kannapolis Fire Department.
Firefighters responded to a Dogwood Boulevard, off of Kannapolis Parkway, after a 911 report of a home fire.
At the scene, firefighters were able to rescue a woman, later identified as 82-year-old Barbara Brooks, but her husband, 88-year-old Joseph Brooks, died due injuries sustained in the fire, according to a news release.
Barbara was taken to Atrium Cabarrus and then transferred to Baptist Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
According to the fire department, the cause of the fire was accidental and caused by candles that were burning near combustible materials.
