A woman and two children were found dead after a fire tore through a home in Prince William County, Virginia, early Friday, authorities say.
The fire started just before 6 a.m. in a two-story, single-family house in the 15700 block of Piedmont Place in Woodbridge, fire officials said.
Residents who were living in the basement were able to escape unharmed, but Prince William County Battalion Chief Tom Jarman said late Friday morning that three other people from the house were still unaccounted for. Several hours later, fire officials confirmed that the bodies of three people had been found.
The victims were Sameena Begum, who was 49, and her 10-and-12-year-old sons, a relative told News4. The father was working an overnight shift and returned home to see the emergency vehicles on his street.
A neighbor and friend of the residents said she was horrified by the fire.
“It turns out my …