One dead, one critically injured following Escondido house fire

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) — A man died Tuesday evening in an Escondido house fire that also left a woman in critical condition.

According to the Escondido Fire Department, the blaze broke out on the 400 block of West 11^th Avenue just after 5 p.m.

Two people inside the home at the time of the fire were taken to the hospital where one of the victims later died. The second victim is in critical condition, the department said.

At this time, the cause of the blaze is unknown.