Two people have died after an early morning house fire in Chelmsford on Saturday, officials said.

Firefighters responded to the fire at 270 Littleton Road in the Middlesex County community about 29 miles northwest of Boston.

The first unit to respond to the scene started search efforts, the Chelmsford Fire Department said in a post to its Facebook page .

Firefighters removed two people from the home. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, the department said. The two were both men in their 50s, Boston-25 News reported on Saturday.

One of the men used a wheelchair and had just moved into the home the week before, the station reported, citing the fire department.

The fire is under investigation by the Chelmsford Fire Department, Chelmsford Police Department, Massachusetts State Pol

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