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Of those 11 deaths, six were children. Last year, just 44 people died in house fires across all of Missouri, according to U.S. Fire Administration.

Crews were called about 1:40 a.m. on Thursday to a home in the 3200 block of Krem Avenue.

Detectives do not believe the fire started suspiciously but they are still investigating.

Of those 11 deaths, six were children. Last year, just 44 people died in housefires across all of Missouri, according to U.S. Fire Administration.

The father of the younger two children called them the "greatest gift"

The father of the younger two children called them the "greatest gift"

A massive house fire in Missouri that killed a woman and her four children is believed to have been a murder-suicide, police said.

The father of the two youngest children killed in Monday’s house fire in Ferguson released a statement after authorities determined the kids and their siblings were the victims of a murder-suicide.

Bernadine Birdie Pruessner set her own house on fire in Ferguson, Missouri, police say, killing twins Ellie and Ivy Pruessner, nine, Jackson Spader, five, and Millie Spader, two.

Bernadine "Birdie" Pruessner shared a touching post on Facebook about how precious life is before killing herself and her children in a devastating house fire in Ferguson, Missouri