Mathias, W.Va. (AP) -- Three people have been found dead in a house fire that authorities are calling suspicious.

Hardy County deputies identified the victims as 34-year-old Dennis Taylor, his wife, 38-year-old Alaina Taylor, and her 5-year-old daughter, Kaylee Grace Whetzel.

Dennis Taylor was a firefighter in Rockingham County, Va.

Firefighters from the Mathias-Baker Volunteer Fire Company responded to the blaze at the home about 10:45 p.m. Friday.

After the fire was put out, emergency personnel found the three bodies inside the home.

They were sent to the office of the chief medical examiner in Charleston for autopsies.

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