Firefighters found the children, ages 3 and 4, inside the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/fires" target="_blank">burning Benton Harbor home</a> about 3:40 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/735/414/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1470/828/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/524/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1048/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Authorities said that two children were found dead after a Benton Harbor house fire." width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>Authorities said that two children were found dead after a Benton Harbor house fire.</span> </p></div></div>

Their names were not released. Autopsies will be performed to determine their exact cause of death.

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Three adults and four other children were able to flee the home before firefighters arrived. Some were being treated Thursday at an area hospital for injuries.

The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank">state police fire marshal's office</a> is investigating the cause of the blaze.

Two children, ages 3 and 4, were reportedly killed in a Thursday morning house fire in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Three adults and four other children escaped the home alive.

Michigan children, both under 5, killed in house fire

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