官员向ABC新闻证实，周日，纳斯卡车手丹尼·哈姆林的父母家中发生火灾，导致其父亲死亡，母亲受伤。
北卡罗来纳州加斯顿县的消防队员于下午6点19分被派往这座两层楼的房子，“大部分被吞没，整个阁楼都是火焰，”加斯顿县应急管理和消防服务办公室在一份声明中说。
官员说，斯坦利社区之家的居民，75岁的丹尼斯·哈姆林和69岁的玛丽·卢·哈姆林，被发现在外面，看起来“在逃离火焰时遭受了灾难性的伤害”。
他们都被送往一家地区医院，丹尼斯·哈姆林在那里因伤势过重死亡。官员们说，玛丽·卢·哈姆林被转移到烧伤中心接受积极治疗。
据官员称，火灾原因目前尚未确定，但调查仍在进行中。
根据联盟的数据，丹尼·哈姆林在纳斯卡杯系列赛的历史胜利榜上并列第十，拥有60场大联盟胜利，包括三场代托纳500冠军赛。
NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin's father killed, mother injured in North Carolina house fire
A fire at the home of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin's parents on Sunday left his father dead and his mother injured, officials confirmed to ABC News.
Firefighters in Gaston County, North Carolina, were dispatched at 6:19 p.m. to the two-story home that was "mostly engulfed, with flames showing through the entire attic," when they arrived, the Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services said in a statement.
The residents of the Stanley community home, Dennis Hamlin, 75, and Mary Lou Hamlin, 69, were found outside, appearing to have suffered from "catastrophic injuries while escaping the flames," officials said.
They were both transported to an area hospital, where Dennis Hamlin died from his injuries. Mary Lou Hamlin was transferred to a burn center where she is actively being treated, officials said.
The cause of the fire is currently undetermined, but the investigation is ongoing, according to officials.
Denny Hamlin ranks in a tie for 10th on the NASCAR Cup Series’ all-time win list, according to the league, with 60 big-league victories, including three Daytona 500 triumphs.
