By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

An overnight house fire in Ellis resulted in one fatality.

According to Ellis Police Chief Taft Yates, emergency responders were alerted at 11:02 p.m. Wednesday evening to a house fire in the northwest area of Ellis.

Yates said the fire was extinguished by 11:30 p.m. with residual smoke.

“There was one survivor and one fatality,” Yates said. “The fire is under investigation by the state fire marshal and Ellis Police Department.”

No other information is being released at this time.

In addition to the Ellis fire and police departments, Rural Fire Co. #6, the Ellis County Sheriff and Ellis County EMS also responded.