Four killed in overnight fire

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Four people are dead after a fire ripped through a Springfield, Illinois home Thursday night.

Firefighters found the home on North 9th Street fully engulfed in flames shortly before midnight.

Officials say they found four men ages 16 to 60, all believed to be related, dead inside the home. One woman escaped onto the roof of the home before crews rescued.

Firefighters don't know how the fire started.

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