A fire ripped through a house in Charles County, Maryland, on Sunday, killing four children and two adults, authorities said. One person managed to escape the blaze reported around 8:40 a.m. at the home in Waldorf,

The victims were two adults and four children, according to officials. There were nine residents who lived at the house; one adult escaped and two others were not home at the time of the fire. The origin of the fire remains under investigation, but there was no evidence of a criminal act, the Maryland State Fire Marshal said in a post on X.