Two boys are among the dead and one girl manages to escape after a fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Two women and two boys have died in a house fire in Derbyshire, police have confirmed.
A third child, a seven-year-old girl, is in hospital with minor injuries after escaping into the back garden.
The fire broke out at an address on Williamthorpe Road in North Wingfield, a village about four miles south of Chesterfield.
Police said they were still working to identify the victims and told reporters it was too early to say what caused the fire.
Four people were "rescued" by firefighters but later died
Kam Basi from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews rescued four people after they were called to the scene at 5am.
Chief Inspector Rick Gooch, of Derbyshire Police, added: "I can confirm that two women and two young children were taken to hospital (where they were) pronounced dead.
"I can also confirm that a seven-year-old girl survived the fire and has minor injuries consistent with smoke inhalation."
Police and the fire service are now investigating the cause of the fire, with Mr Basi saying that particular attention was being paid to the first floor.
Sky News correspondent Gerard Tubb, who is at the scene, said the house showed little sign of fire damage from the outside apart from "smoke-blackened windows".
"They (investigators) won't say whether or not they are looking at this as a suspicious fire, although the suggestion is quite possibly not," he said.
Two women and two boys have died in a house fire in Derbyshire, police have confirmed.
A third child, a seven-year-old girl, is in hospital with minor injuries after escaping into the back garden.
The fire broke out at an address on Williamthorpe Road in North Wingfield, a village about four miles south of Chesterfield.
Police said they were still working to identify the victims and told reporters it was too early to say what caused the fire.
Four people were "rescued" by firefighters but later died
Kam Basi from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews rescued four people after they were called to the scene at 5am.
Chief Inspector Rick Gooch, of Derbyshire Police, added: "I can confirm that two women and two young children were taken to hospital (where they were) pronounced dead.
"I can also confirm that a seven-year-old girl survived the fire and has minor injuries consistent with smoke inhalation."
Police and the fire service are now investigating the cause of the fire, with Mr Basi saying that particular attention was being paid to the first floor.
Sky News correspondent Gerard Tubb, who is at the scene, said the house showed little sign of fire damage from the outside apart from "smoke-blackened windows".
"They (investigators) won't say whether or not they are looking at this as a suspicious fire, although the suggestion is quite possibly not," he said.
