NORTHFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Fire officials say a couple and their two children were killed in a house explosion that shook a northeast Ohio neighborhood.
The blast and subsequent fire happened Monday night in Northfield Center Township near the village of Northfield in Summit County.
Neighbors reported hearing the blast around 8:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived on the scene and saw flames shooting from the house.
Northfield Center Chief Frank Risko says the bodies of a mother and her 8-year-old and 12-year-old daughters were found on the first floor, near the front of the home. The father was found near the back of the house. Authorities did not immediately identify the victims.
The cause of the explosion remained under investigation.