A woman was killed in a house fire that happened shortly before noon on Sunday, Dec. 8, according to a press release.

GASTONIA, N.C. — Authorities in Gastonia have identified a woman killed in a house fire over the weekend. Gaston County EMS officials responded to a home on Grier Street just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters were able to get four people – a woman, man, and two kids – to safety. Sally Vernon, 77, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Firefighters rescued the woman from the fire but she was later pronounced dead at the scene A woman has died after being rescued when a fire broke out at a house in Solihull. Emergency crews found the victim at the house in Kingshurst Road,

A Montgomery woman and child who were pulled from a house fire Saturday have both died. District Fire Chief K. R. Peoples confirmed that the 5-year-old child died Sunday evening. The woman, identified as Rosa L.