NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin is talking out for the primary time since his father, Dennis Hamlin, died in a home fireplace owned by Denny.
In a social media put up Wednesday, Denny says … “Thank you to everyone who has reached out with condolences on my father’s passing.”
Denny’s mom, Mary Lou, was additionally dwelling when the fireplace broke out, and she or he was hospitalized with vital accidents … but it surely feels like she’s making progress in her restoration.
Denny says, “My mother continues to improve, and our family truly appreciates the outpouring of support and the respect for our privacy during this time.”
The Gaston County Emergency Administration and Fireplace Providers in North Carolina mentioned they, together with a number of different fireplace companies, have been dispatched at 6:19 PM on Sunday to a two-story dwelling that was engulfed in flames.
Authorities mentioned Dennis and Mary Lou have been discovered exterior the residence and “both suffered catastrophic injuries while escaping the flames.”
Dennis in the end died on the hospital, and Mary Lou was transferred to Atrium Well being Wake Forest Baptist Burn Middle in Winston-Salem.
The reason for the blaze stays underneath investigation.
