BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in DuPage County say two people have died and four others were injured in a fire at a home near Bloomingdale.

Dawn Domrose, a spokeswoman for the DuPage County Sheriff's department, says the fire broke out before 2 p.m. Monday.

Domrose says the ages and genders of the fire victims were not immediately known.

Max Baer, a retired Chicago firefighter who lives next to the house that burned, says the home where the fire broke out was a single-story white house with vinyl siding. He says it to has been occupied by a series of renters through the years.