HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington firefighters found the bodies of three young children and a man Monday morning while responding to a house fire in which ammunition exploded.

The children were found inside the house and the 30-year-old man was found dead outside, city spokesman Bryan Chambers said.

The children are an 8-year-old girl and two boys ages 3 and 2, Chambers said.

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Crews who initially responded to the home about 5:30 a.m. said the fire was bad because ammunition inside the home started exploding, news outlets reported. The house partially collapsed and heat from the blaze burned the siding off the house across the street.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

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