3 Killed in Detroit Halfway House Blaze

DETROIT --

A fire that left three people dead on Detroit's west side is under investigation.

Eight people were inside the home, what police are calling a halfway house when it caught on fire Tuesday after 11 p.m.

Five people were able to get out, but the three men in their 50s were upstairs sleeping and were not able to get out of the home, according to police. They died of smoke inhalation.

Police said someone threw a rock through a basement window. After the window broke, the person threw something inside the home that ignited the fire, according to investigators.

The fire remains under investigation.

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