官员称，圣诞节早些时候，一名父亲和他的两个年幼的儿子在圣诞树附近的一场大火中丧生。

贵格会镇社区学区负责人比尔·哈纳说，埃里克·金和他的两个儿子——五年级的利亚姆和三年级的帕特里克在宾夕法尼亚州贵格会镇的家中去世。

哈纳说，男孩的母亲克里斯汀·金和八年级的大儿子布雷迪活了下来。

这张国王的照片包含在为这个家庭设置的GoFundMe页面中。

消防队长道格拉斯·威廉告诉美国广播公司新闻，意外火灾始于圣诞树区域。

贵格会镇警察局长斯科特·麦克埃利告诉记者，“我们正在看圣诞树。那可能是圣诞树上的圣诞灯点燃的。”

威廉说，这个家庭有一棵活的圣诞树，所以干燥可能是原因之一，他强调原因很难确定，因为“什么都没有了。”

“快速移动的火”留下了“如此多的破坏，”威廉说。

该负责人在一份声明中说，“这一消息对学区和整个贵格城地区都是毁灭性的。埃里克和克里斯汀以及他们的儿子在我们社区非常活跃。学区向金家和他们的许多朋友和亲戚表示衷心的同情。”

Dad, 2 sons killed in Christmas house fire; mom, 1 son survive

A father and two of his young sons were killed in a house fire early on Christmas in a blaze that ignited near the Christmas tree, officials said.

Eric King and his sons Liam, a fifth-grader, and Patrick, a third-grader, died in their home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Quakertown Community School District Superintendent Bill Harner said.

The boys' mother, Kristin King, and oldest son Brady, an eighth-grader, survived, Harner said.

This photo of the Kings was included in a GoFundMe page set up for the family.

The accidental fire started in the area of the Christmas tree, Fire Marshal Douglas Wilhelm told ABC News.

Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree told reporters, "We're looking at the Christmas tree. That may have ignited as a result of Christmas lights on that Christmas tree."

The family had a live Christmas tree, so the dryness may have contributed, Wilhelm said, stressing that the cause will be hard to determine because there's "nothing left."

The "rapid moving fire" left "so much devastation," Wilhelm said.

The superintendent said in a statement, "This news is devastating to the school district community and the Quakertown area at large. Eric and Kristin and their boys are very active in our community. The School District sends its heartfelt sympathy to the King family and their many friends and relatives."