FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Authorities in Cumberland County are investigating a house fire that killed a 40-year-old woman and her two grandchildren.

The sheriff's office said Monday that Angela Cox, 3-year-old Kayden Shambag and 20-month-old Chase Shambag were killed in their home in Godwin.

Spokeswoman Debbie Tanna says the fire was reported shortly before 5 p.m. by a passerby who noticed smoke coming from the home. When firefighters arrived, all three victims were dead. Their bodies will be transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill for autopsies.

Arson investigators have not determined the cause of the fire.


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