A mother and her six children died following an explosion and fire at their home in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Emergency services responded to reports of an explosion at a house in Lamar Township, Clinton County, at 08:30 local time (13:30 GMT) on Sunday, a police report said.
Firefighters found the home engulfed in flames, with a 34-year-old woman and her children trapped inside, and had "no ability to search for victims", the report added.
Investigators say a propane leak inside the home may have caused the explosion.
Police said the woman, identified as Sarah B Stolzfus, and the children, four boys and two girls aged from three to 11, were killed in the incident.
