2 students are among 3 people killed in house fire in Arkansas

GREENWOOD, Ark. — A western Arkansas school district said Wednesday that two of the three people killed in an early morning house fire were students.

Greenwood Police said in a Facebook post that they responded to the fire shortly after midnight and did not immediately release the names or ages of the victims. A fourth person has been hospitalized from the fire with life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the fire was under investigation and crews were still processing the scene Wednesday morning, police said.

Two of those killed in the fire were students at Greenwood Public Schools, the district said. The district said it had made sure counselors were available at each of its campuses.

“Our deepest sympathies go out to the families involved as well as to our committed staff and students as we navigate this grief together,” the school said in a statement.

Greenwood is about 95 miles (153 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock.