Parents and 3 children die in mobile-home fire

ALVIN, Texas (AP) — A couple and their three young children died early Monday when their mobile home caught fire in a dilapidated, rural mobile home park south of Houston, authorities and neighbors said.

Brazoria County Fire Marshal Al Priselac said the fire appears to have started in a bedroom, but the exact cause was not immediately known.

The victims included a 33-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and three children, ages 7, 4 and 1, Priselac said.

Neighbor Maria Surr said her husband called the fire department at about midnight Monday after their dog woke them up. The fire was nearly extinguished on its own by the time two firefighters were able to enter the trailer, Priselac said.