MILL HALL, Pa.—An Amish woman and her six children ranging in age from 3–11 were killed in a swift-moving house fire after an explosion that shook nearby houses in rural northcentral Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Firefighters responding to a report of an explosion and fire at a home in Lamar Township in Clinton County near Mill Hall on Sunday morning said seven people were trapped, but they couldn’t search the house engulfed in flames, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.
All seven died. Police identified them as Sarah Stoltzfus, 34, four sons, ages 11, 10, 5, and 3, and two daughters, ages 8 and 6.
An obituary posted online by a local funeral home identified Stoltzfus as a member of the Old Order Amish Church community. She is survived by her husband, David Stoltzfus, it said….