PHILIPPI, W.Va. - State and local authorities are investigating a mobile home fire in Barbour County that killed a child and injured five other people.

WDTV-TV reports that authorities suspect an overloaded circuit caused the fire.

The fire occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday in a mobile home park along Hacker Creek Road.

A local medical examiner pronounced one child dead at the scene. A man, a woman, and three other children who were in the mobile home were injured.

The victims' identities haven't been released.

Two of the injured children were treated at a local hospital and released. The conditions of the other victims weren't immediately available.

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Information from: WDTV-TV, http://www.wdtv.com


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