Two hospitalized in fire at home neighbors say belongs to NASCAR driver’s family

STANLEY, N.C. — Fire officials say two people made it out of a house fire in Stanley, but both needed to be transported when crews arrived.

The house sits along Blacksnake Road, not far from Upper Stanley Road.

Neighbors have confirmed that the parents of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin live at the residence, but when Channel 9’s Glenn Counts asked that question directly to the fire chief, he declined to answer.

Property records confirm the home is owned by a Dennis Hamlin.

The fire chief did tell us that when they arrived, two people were outside of the home and that they were immediately rushed to the hospital.

Firefighters got the initial call at 6:19 p.m. Sunday and there were around 10 different fire departments that were fighting the blaze.

Blacksnake Road house fire

The house was almost half-way gone when they arrived and there was another challenge: This part of Stanley does not have fire hydrants.

“Well this house was about 40-45% involved when we got here. Of course where we are located there are no hydrants, so all the water had to be trucked in and there were times we would run out of water and we had to wait for more water to get here,” said Chief David Toomey with the Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department. “We had to call for more, additional tankers throughout the county.”

As a result, it took about two hours to get the fire under control.

Investigators have not had a chance to determine what started the fire and in terms of residents inside the home, we do not know who was inside the house at the time or who was sent to the hospital.

This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.

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