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UPDATE: Man flown to burn unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center, dog killed in house fire Sunday night

A fire at this home on E. 38th Street the night of May 7, 2017, seriously injured a man and killed a dog. The man later died from his injuries. (Battalion Chief Don Bowman)
A fire at this home on E. 38th Street the night of May 7, 2017, seriously injured a man and killed a dog. The man later died from his injuries. (Battalion Chief Don Bowman) A fire at this home on E. 38th Street the night of May 7, 2017, seriously injured a man and killed a dog. The man later died from his injuries. (Battalion Chief Don Bowman)
photo A fire at this home on E. 38th Street the night of May 7, 2017, seriously injured a man and killed a dog. The man later died from his injuries. (Battalion Chief Don Bowman)

UPDATE: The man firefighters pulled from a E. 38th Street house fire on Sunday night was flown to the burn unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.

There is no update in his condition at this time, and his identity has not been confirmed.

Investigators believe the fire started on the front porch, but what started the fire remains unknown at this time.

The estimated dollar loss was $20,000.

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