Twelve family members die in a fire in Guatemala

Neighbors react while passing by the house of the late Gomez family, who died from carbon dioxide inhalation after they left a cooking fire going overnight, in the municipality of Magdalena Milpas Altas, Guatemala September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Sandra Sebastian

A fire in the Guatemalan municipality of Magdalena Milpas Altas killed 12 members of a family early on Tuesday, according to local firefighters.

First responders found the bodies of five minors at the scene, with ages ranging from four months to 14 years.

Preliminary findings show the family left a cooking fire going overnight and died from carbon dioxide inhalation.

Members of the Departmental Municipal firefighters place the body of a victim in a plastic bag outside a house where members of a family died from carbon dioxide inhalation after they left a cooking fire ongoing overnight, in the municipality of Magdalena Milpas Altas, Guatemala September 6, 2022. Guatemala Bomberos Municipales Departamentales/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting by Enrique Garcia; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

A relative of the late Gomez family, who died from carbon dioxide inhalation after they left a cooking fire going overnight, walks out of their home in the municipality of Magdalena Milpas Altas, Guatemala September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Sandra Sebastian

Members of the Departmental Municipal firefighters stand by bodies covered in plastic bags outside a house where members of a family died from carbon dioxide inhalation after they left a cooking fire ongoing overnight, in the municipality of Magdalena Milpas Altas, Guatemala September 6, 2022. Guatemala Bomberos Municipales Departamentales/Handout via REUTERS