Four children, reportedly from the same family, were killed in a house fire in Somers, Connecticut on Tuesday night, according to local officials.
Four children died in a house fire in Connecticut on Tuesday night, according to local officials.
The blaze tore through a duplex home in Somers — a town just southeast of Springfield, Massachusetts — around 10:20 p.m., officials said.
Police have not yet identified the victims, however Somers First Selectman Tim Keeney, the town’s chief executive, said they are ages 5, 6, 8 and 12 years old and from the same family, NBC Connecticut reported.
“It’s a tremendous loss for the town,” Keeney told reporters at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
The firefighters had a tough time entering the two-family home because a number of objects were blocking the doorways, Keeney said.
Somers Fire Chief John Roache said responding firefighters quickly found two children when entering the home.
One child died at the scene and another died at Johnson Memorial Hospital.
The other two children were found dead inside of the house soon after, he said.
“The whole front of the house was very involved,” Roache told reporters.
