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.

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.

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