Five people including three children under the age of 11 -- died in an early-morning fire in Bella Vista.

The victims have been identified as Angie Reed, 29, Jade Schieffer, 11, Mica, Schieffer, 9, Kyra Schieffer, 4. The fifth victim, a 42-year-old adult male, had not been identified by 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

About 4 a.m., firefighters responded to a house on Powick Lane, where they found a house engulfed in flames.

Bella Vista mayor Frank Anderson said the neighbors heard an explosion before the fire broke out.

Officials did not know if the children and adults (one woman, one man) were related or not, as the children had one last name, the woman a different last name and the man, a third last name.