11-Year-Old Girl Dies, 3 Family Members Injured in Fire as Parents Rush to Get Back from Vacation

An 11-year-old girl died after she was trapped in a Massachusetts house fire early Saturday.

Middleborough Fire and Police were dispatched to 27 Pearl Street around 2 a.m. local time for a report of a structure fire with people trapped inside,authorities said in a release.

“Once the fire was knocked down, the juvenile female was found deceased inside the home,” the authorities added.

The girl has not been identified at this time, but according toFox affiliate WFXTandNBC affiliate WCVB, she was 11 years old and a student at Nichols Middle School.

Middleboro Superintendent Carolyn Lyons said in a message to the school community that the “unforeseen event has left us all shocked and saddened.”

The other three victims were family members, WFXT reported. Relatives told WCVB that the 11-year-old’s three sisters survived the fire, while one of the adults who was injured in the blaze was a grandparent.

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According to WCVB, the girl’s parents left on a Caribbean cruise on Friday and were still trying to get home as of Sunday.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, per the release.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office is “involved in the probe because it’s a death investigation, but it is not considered suspicious,” the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services public information officer Jake Wark tells PEOPLE.

“Investigators believe it was accidental but are still working to determine the exact cause at this time,” Wark adds. “This is clearly a terrible, terrible tragedy. Our thoughts are with the family, their community, and the firefighters who worked so hard at the scene.”

source: people.com