According to the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office, at about 5 p.m., several family members were working on the home in the 2000 block of CR 49, just east of Highway 288, when it collapsed, trapping them beneath the structure.
In audio heard from dispatch, it appears the family was trying to re-level the home when some of the cinder blocks broke, pinning them underneath.
"They are still going to be pinned underneath the house until we get the fire department out here. The house is still laying on them," responders said over radio dispatch.
Multiple local EMS, fire, and law enforcement agencies responded to the scene and rescued five people.
Of those rescued, four were flown to the hospital in critical condition. One person is stable at a local hospital.
Tragically, however, authorities have confirmed the deaths of one minor and one adult.
The sheriff's office is investigating.
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