A 12-year-old boy died Thursday after a residential fire engulfed a single-family home in Margate , officials confirmed Friday.

The call came in around 4:30 p.m about a home ablaze located in the 5000 block of Southwest Sixth Street.

The City of Margate said in a press release Friday that two adult relatives were also inside the home at the time. Both managed to escape, though one was later transported to a local hospital for evaluation.

Fire crews from Margate, with assistance from fire departments in North Lauderdale, Coconut Creek and Coral Springs, entered the burning house in an attempt to rescue the boy. When they found him, officials said, the child had already died.

One dog hiding inside the house was rescued, but a second dog died in the fire.

The blaze was so extreme that

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