Four children and two adults killed in deadliest Maryland house fire in a decade

Officials said they had no reports of ‘someone hearing a smoke alarm’ amid blaze that took 70 firefighters to control

A fire killed four children and two adults after ripping through a house in Charles county, Maryland, on Sunday, authorities said.

Oliver Alkire, the master deputy state fire marshal, told reporters that the blaze was the deadliest fire in Maryland in more than 10 years.

The Associated Press contributed reporting