Nine people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in the US state of Mississippi, say reports.
At least six children were among the dead, state fire marshal Mike Chaney told the Associated Press news agency.
The blaze was reported to have broken out before dawn at the building in Starkville, Oktibbeha County.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, in a two-storey block containing eight apartments, not far from Mississippi State University.
The deaths were confirmed by County Coroner Michael Hunt.
An eyewitness told the Commercial Dispatch newspaper that children aged four and three as well as a young baby were feared dead.
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