A 72-year-old woman was killed in a house fire in Ensley early Wednesday morning.

Shelia Daniel Selma was one of three people rescued from the fire by the Birmingham Fire Department just before 3:00 A.M. She died a short time later at the hospital.

According to the Birmingham Fire Department, the fire was at a home in the 1300 block of Avenue I.

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Three people were taken to the hospital after being pulled from the burning home. Two of those people are said to be in critical condition.