(KNZA)--An early Thursday morning house fire claimed the life of a Fairview woman.  

Brown County Sheriff John Merchant said the Sheriff's Office received a 911 call shortly before 3:20 reporting the house fire in the vicinity of U.S. 36 Highway and Sycamore Street in Fairview.

A family member said the 74-year-old woman and her husband initially escaped the fire, but that the woman went back inside to try to save a dog and did not survive.

Officials said the woman's husband was hospitalized.

Authorities have not released the victims' names.

Merchant said foul play is not suspected.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal's Office. 

Responding to the scene were the Fairview, Sabetha and Powhattan Fire Departments.