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Authorities: 4 killed in Pueblo, Colo., house fire

October 30, 2012 | Modified: October 30, 2012 at 10:02 pm
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Photo -   Eric Acosta, left, and Joe Sena console each other outside their relatives' house in which four family members died in a fire early Tuesday, Oct, 30, 2012 in Pueblo, Colo. Homeowner Harvey Montoya, 62, and April Hon, 26, and her children Michael Hon-Montoya, 3, and 3-month-old Frankie Anaya were killed. The fire appears to be accidental, the result of medical oxygen and cigarette smoking, according to Pueblo fire Chief Chris Riley, adding it was the worst fire fatality in Pueblo in decades. (AP Photo/The Pueblo Chieftain, John Jaques)
Eric Acosta, left, and Joe Sena console each other outside their relatives' house in which four family members died in a fire early Tuesday, Oct, 30, 2012 in Pueblo, Colo. Homeowner Harvey Montoya, 62, and April Hon, 26, and her children Michael Hon-Montoya, 3, and 3-month-old Frankie Anaya were killed. The fire appears to be accidental, the result of medical oxygen and cigarette smoking, according to Pueblo fire Chief Chris Riley, adding it was the worst fire fatality in Pueblo in decades. (AP Photo/The Pueblo Chieftain, John Jaques)

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — An early morning house fire has killed four people, including an infant and toddler, in the southern Colorado city of Pueblo.

Pueblo police Sgt. Steve Etienne (EH'-tee-en) says the fire was reported at about 2 a.m. Tuesday in a residential area in east Pueblo. He says flames were seen and smoke was pouring from the home when firefighters arrived. Etienne says no one escaped.

Fire Chief Chris Riley says the fire appears to have resulted accidentally from smoking and the use of medical oxygen.

Pueblo County Coroner James Kramer identified the people killed in the blaze as 62-year-old Harvey Montoya, 26-year-old April Hon, and Hon's young children, Frankie Anaya and Michael Hon-Montoya.

Fire department spokesman Woody Percival says a dog also died.