Six members of the same family were killed after a fire engulfed their home in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local sources reported on Thursday.

Rescue 1122 teams brought the blaze under control after an operation lasting about 45 minutes before recovering the bodies from the house. Rescue 1122 teams extinguished the blaze before recovering the bodies of the victims from the house.

Authorities said the victims were a couple and their four children. Initial findings suggest they were trapped inside as the fire spread rapidly and died from smoke inhalation and extreme heat.

Officials have not yet determined what triggered the fire. Investigators are examining the scene to establish the cause of the blaze and the circumstances surrounding the incident. (ILKHA)