GARLAND, N.C. — A fire swept through a mobile home in eastern North Carolina early Saturday, killing six people, authorities said.
Five bodies were found in the rubble of the home immediately after the fire was put out about 1 a.m. Saturday, and a sixth victim was found a few hours later, Sampson County sheriff’s office Capt. Eric Pope said.
No one escaped the blaze, Pope said.
Deputies and the Sampson County fire marshal’s office are investigating. There was no immediate evidence the blaze was intentionally set, Pope said in a news release.
“Investigators are still processing the evidence as a crime until the cause of the fire can be determined and autopsies are complete,” Pope said.
The names of the victims were not released, and Pope said it could be a couple of days before the medical examiner confirms their identities.
The mobile home was in Garland, a town of 600 people about 75 miles south of Raleigh.