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BELLEVUE, Pa. (AP) — A mother and three children died and another adult was critically injured in a duplex fire in western Pennsylvania, authorities said. A fire official in Allegheny County said the blaze, which was reported just after 9:30 p.m. Friday in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bellevue, doesn't appear suspicious. Bellevue fire chief Glenn Pritchard said arriving crews found "heavy fire" coming out of the left side of the duplex and pulled five victims from the home. Angela Lasch, 38, was pronounced dead along with her 11-year-old son Noah and two daughters, 6-year-old Kayley and 4-year-old Hannah, the county medical examiner's office said. Authorities said two people living on the other side of the duplex were able to escape. Neighbor Crandall Reeves, 48, watched as firefighters carried several children and adults out of the house. "This is just horrible, man," Reeves told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "This is just crazy. I was just wondering where the kids were at." Reeves said he often saw the family children riding their bicycles up and down the cobblestone avenue. Another neighbor, Bob Patton, said he saw paramedics working on two of the kids. "It just tears at you. I can't stop thinking about it. All fires are bad but when there's kids involved it's just so very tragic," said Patton, who added that he awoke Saturday with tears in his eyes. Jeffrey Stern said he and his wife, Lana, began renting the home to the family, which he described as close-knit, six or seven years ago. "We're both just devastated. We're still in shock. We just can't get our heads wrapped around this yet," he told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "You see stories like this in the news and you never imagine it happening to you. It's just beyond terrible." The cause of the fire is under investigation, but county emergency services chief and fire marshal Matt Brown said Saturday that "there does not appear to be anything suspicious at this point." He said the blaze appeared to have originated on the first floor. Bellevue police had cordoned off part of the street so investigators could get inside the house, which remained standing but had several windows broken out.

Mother, 3 children killed in duplex fire; 2nd adult critical