A woman hospitalized after a house fire Monday in Little Rock died from her injuries, an official said Tuesday.
Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs identified Queen Johnson, 63, as the second woman killed in the blaze at 2701 Fair Park Blvd. Property records show she owned the one-story residence east of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Irma Johnson, 87, was pronounced dead Monday night after the fire. The women were mother and daughter, a relative said.
More than 30 firefighters, seven trucks and five pumpers responded to the fire about 6:30 p.m. Little Rock Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jason Weaver said the cause of the blaze was under investigation.
The fire was among several structure and brush fires the department fought Monday as high winds and aridity swept across Arkansas. Conditions were less windy in the state Tuesday, but gusts reached 35 mph and humidity values remained low.
The National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning, which denotes "high fire danger," for much of western Arkansas through 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The Arkansas Forestry Commission reported Tuesday afternoon that about 43 wildfires, most of them small, had been reported across the state since 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Roughly 439 acres had burned, almost all in rural areas.
There had been no reports of injuries or damaged homes.
In Little Rock, a second brush fire in as many days was reported downtown. The Fire Department also responded to a brush fire near Sardis Road and Dewitt Lane in Mabelvale.
Burn bans had been declared in Faulkner, Polk, Ouachita, Pope, Logan, Johnson, Franklin, Madison, Carroll, Boone and Fulton counties late Tuesday.
Sunday is the state's earliest chance for precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.
Information for this article was contributed by Brandon Riddle of Arkansas Online.
Metro on 02/10/2016