Mother and 6 Children Killed in Explosion and Fire at Central Pennsylvania Home

First responders at the scene of an explosion and fire in Lamar Township near Mill Hall, Pa., on April 19, 2026, in a still from video. WNEP via AP

MILL HALL, Pa.—An Amish woman and her six children ranging in age from 3–11 were killed in a swift-moving house fire after an explosion that shook nearby houses in rural northcentral Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Firefighters responding to a report of an explosion and fire at a home in Lamar Township in Clinton County near Mill Hall on Sunday morning said seven people were trapped, but they couldn’t search the house engulfed in flames, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.