Child among three people from the same family killed in Vancouver house fire

Members of three generations of a Vancouver family, including a child, died in a fire inside a home in the city's east end over the weekend.

Fire Chief Karen Fry says the basement suite of the detached home was fully enveloped in flames when fire and rescue personnel arrived Sunday morning, finding two injured adults who said three people were still inside.

Assistant Chief Brian Bertuzzi confirmed that the child under 10, their mother and grandfather died after extensive attempts to resuscitate them, while the child's father sustained burns and their grandmother suffered smoke inhalation.

Fry says preliminary findings from an investigation into the fire did not indicate anything suspicious, and it wasn't yet known whether smoke alarms were working.