NEWCOMERSTOWN (AP) — Authorities say six people were found dead after an early morning fire in an eastern Ohio home.
Fire crews in Tuscarawas County were called to the house in the village of Newcomerstown at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
The county coroner’s office said six victims were removed from the structure.
No details about the victims were immediately released pending notification of relatives.
Mayor Pat Cadle said crews from a number of areas worked at the scene all night despite what he called “intense cold temperatures.”
Cadle told reporters that the community was saddened by “this tragedy and loss of life.”
There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze.