MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (WHDH) — A 7-year-old boy was killed in a fire in Middletown, Rhode Island early Monday morning.

The boy was rushed to the hospital with his two teenage sisters following the fire. Their conditions remain unknown

Firefighters said the children’s parents were not home when the fire started. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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