Two dead following house fire on Lemhi Street

Following up on a story we told you about on Friday… A woman who has hospitalized Friday morning after escaping a house fire on West Lemhi Street has died from her injuries over the weekend.

A man who was also in the house during the fire died Friday after being removed from the home by firefighters and taken to the hospital.

The Ada County Coroner’s Office has not released the victims’ identities.

The Boise Fire Department determined that the fire started in the living room and was accidental. It was ignited by smoking materials and exasperated by the presence of medical oxygen.

There were also no working smoke detectors found in the home.