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.

Six people, including four children, died after a two-alarm fire engulfed a home Sunday morning in Charles County, Maryland, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.