WEST SIDE, W.Va. — A woman is hospitalized after suffering serious burn injuries in a house fire early Thursday morning in Kanawha County.
It happened at a house in the 200 block of Winfield Road in the West Side community outside of St. Albans.
The woman suffered second and third degree burns to 40-percent of her body. A dog died in the fire.
Firefighters said the injured woman ran back into the house to save two other dogs. She was found in the backyard by firefighters when they arrived on the scene.
An investigation into the cause of the blaze is underway.