UPDATE (April 22, 2014 6:30 p.m.)

Authorities have identified the victim of this morning’s fire as 58-year-old Randy Mills.  They say no one else was in the home at the time of the blaze.

The Post has not received any updates on Mills’ condition.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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A North Platte resident sustained serious injuries in a house fire Tuesday morning.

According to North Platte Fire Department Battalion Chief, Trent Kleinow, firefighters were dispatched to the fire at 313 West D Street at around 10:32 a.m.

Kleinow said that, upon arrival, the house was completely filled with smoke.

Firefighters made entrance into the home, where they found a male victim.  Kleinow said the victim had no pulse and was not breathing when he was pulled from the residence at 10:36 a.m.

CPR was immediately initiated, and Kleinow said the victim was breathing and had a pulse when he was transported to Great Plains Regional Medical Center.  At last report, the victim remained in critical condition and had been flown by helicopter to a burn center in Lincoln.

Kleinow said the fire started in the basement, however, the cause is still under investigation.

The name of the victim was not released.