New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Dennis Hamlin, the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, died from injuries suffered in a house fire on Sunday. He was 75.

According to NASCAR, first responders arrived at a home in the Stanley community of Gaston County, North Carolina, after a fire was reported at 6:19 pm ET.

Authorities said two people were found outside the four-bedroom home when emergency services arrived at 6:27 pm and were taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

In an update Monday evening, officials from the Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services confirmed that Dennis Hamlin had died from his injuries at the hospital.

Mary Lou Hamlin, Dennis Hamlin's wife and mother to Denny Hamlin, was said to b...