Man dies while trapped by fire at NE Houston home

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A person is dead after becoming trapped on the second floor of a home during a fire in northeast Houston overnight.

The fire happened Wednesday before midnight in the 6100 block of Bending Oaks Drive.

Firefighters were told everyone was out of the house. But when firefighters knocked down the fire, a man's body was found in a bedroom.

Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.

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