4 dead in house fire in Springfield

(AP) — Officials in southwestern Missouri say four people — including three children — have died from injuries received in a house fire at Springfield. 

The Springfield Fire Department says in a news release that crews were called to the fire early Friday morning and learned that several people were inside the home. 

Firefighters pulled a 40-year-old woman and three children — a 13-year-old girl, 11-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl — from the burning home and rushed them in critical condition to a Springfield hospital, where the woman and 6-year-old died shortly after arriving. 

Fire officials said Sunday that the 13-year-old and 11-year-old had died a day later from their injuries. 

Authorities have not yet released their names or said how the fire started.