Residents of a small town in central Utah are mourning the loss of three people who died in a house fire Saturday afternoon.
The Millard County Sheriff's Office said there were a total of five people in the home when the fire started in Delta near 50 West and 300 South. Three were killed, and the other two survived. It was not stated if the survivors were injured, and if so, how seriously."It's still very real coming home, seeing three fire trucks and ambulances and watching everything," she said.
Here is video one of the neighbors shared with me, as a fire broke at out this home in Delta, killing three people.@fox13 pic.twitter.com/5CJJBF7WHz"They used to buy treats for our kids and would come outside and see them with their dogs," she said."They'd always say hi and have smiles on their faces and asked how the kids were doing.""The husband always played with my kids, and we'd always go visit, check up on them and all that," he said.
The names nor ages of the victims have not yet been released. Officials say they will not share their identities until family members have been notified and autopsies are performed.The sheriff's office and the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating the cause of the fire."Mike and his electric wheelchair racing my kids up and down the road when they were on their bikes, sitting there playing with them," he said."It's heartbreaking, really heartbreaking.