FREMONT — Four people were killed, including three children, in a house fire near downtown Fremont early Saturday.

The Indiana State Police and the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office are currently investigating the early morning house fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her three children.

The victims have been identified as Rebecca White, 37; son Emmett Freed, 5; and daughters Eleanor Freed, 3, and Alaura Freed, 21 months.

While the Steuben County Prosecutor’s Office was on the scene, Prosecutor Jeremy Musser said there wasn’t any information available to suggest foul play.

Steuben County 911 records said at 5:02 a.m. Saturday, a call was received reporting a house fire at 400 E. Toledo St., according to a news release from Indiana State Police. The Fremont Fire Department was dispatched and on scene just east of the downtown at approximately 5:09 a.m., where they found a working house fire. Angola, Orland, and Ashley-Hudson fire departments were also dispatched to the scene.

Firefighters located three children and their mother inside the burning structure, the news release said. All four were transported to Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola.

The three children were pronounced dead at the hospital.

The mother was flown from Cameron by Parkview Samaritan helicopter to the burn center at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, where she eventually died, according to the news release.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office has been investigating the origin and cause of the fire. Preliminary information from the fire marshal’s office indicates the fire started on the second floor in an area that was not occupied.

At this stage of the investigation, it appears all four occupants were believed to be in a single bedroom, the news release said. The fire marshal’s investigation will take time to complete, and that information may not be readily available for some time.

Autopsies for the three children and the mother took place Sunday at the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center in Fort Wayne, which will serve to confirm the cause and manner of death.

The Indiana State Police will be coordinating information with the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Steuben County Coroner’s Office to determine if there was a criminal element to this fire incident.

Agencies working on scene: the Indiana State Police, Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office, Fremont, Angola, Orland and Ashley-Hudson fire departments, Fremont Police, Steuben County Sheriff’s Department, Steuben County Emergency Medical Service, Steuben County Prosecutor’s Office and the Steuben County Coroner’s Office.