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.

Intense smoke and flames claimed the lives of six people inside a Waldorf, Maryland, home over the weekend, including four children and two adults, according to