Fire officials say “challenging circumstances within the house," including items that were obstacles for firefighters, made it difficult to get to the trapped victims.

A house fire on Monday on Detroit's northwest side that left three people dead and injured another was likely started by the home's electrical system, officials said.

Detroit fire officials are investigating multiple house fires that broke out Tuesday morning, including a blaze that destroyed two vacant homes and damaged one family’s home on Dwyer Street.

Detroit firefighters were busy early Tuesday as they worked to extinguish fires that burned at least seven homes.

Everyone is safe after a fire at a home in Detroit tore through the second-story unit, burning everything. The family's mother Adrienne Marlow said they will need to start all over again.

A 6-year-old girl died in a house fire on Detroit's west side Sunday morning, while a woman and 4-year-old boy were hospitalized with injuries.

A 7-year-old boy died in a weekend house fire on Detroit's west side, officials said. Detroit firefighters were called shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday to the 12000 block of Rutherford Street near Plymouth and Greenfield roads for a fire in a home. Calls reported people were trapped inside the residence, according to authorities.

The Detroit Fire Department responded to multiple calls early Tuesday involving house fires, with a firefighter injured at one of the scenes.