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Officials: 4 dead in Pa. fire, including 3 kids

4th boy, 8-year-old son of mom killed in fire, was airlifted to hospital for treatment

The Associated Press

SHENANDOAH, Pa. — Authorities say a woman and three children are dead after a fire tore through several homes in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Shenandoah.

The Pottsville Republican-Herald reports investigators identified the dead as 29-year-old Tiffany Matejick-Sanchez, her 10-year-old son, Christian, and two nephews, one of whom was 7 months old.

Officials said all four victims were in one of four homes destroyed in the fire early Tuesday.

A fourth boy was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. The Republican-Herald identified him as an 8-year-old son of Matejick-Sanchez.

Fire officials say one home was fully engulfed and flames were spreading to neighboring homes when they arrived around 6:15 a.m.

At least a dozen others were forced from their homes.

A state police fire marshal will investigate the cause of the blaze.