4 victims have been recovered following a fatal house fire in Windmill, near Jones

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Update| Four bodies were recovered and removed from the two-alarm house fire Thursday morning.

According to Clark County officials, two adults and two juveniles were located and removed from the residence.

The identities of the four individuals are pending and will be released once confirmed by the Clark County Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office.

This remains an active crime scene and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Original | At least four people are missing after a double fire destroyed a home in southwest Las Vegas Thursday morning, according to a county official.

Clark County Fire Department crews could be seen dealing with a heavily damaged three-story home on Langhorne Creek Street near Windmill Lane and Jones Boulevard.

Two of the people in the home — a mother and a minor — jumped out of a third-story window and were taken to UMC for treatment, Clark County Fire Chief John Steinbeck said.

Investigators have received conflicting information, but Steinbeck said they believe at least four people were in the home and remain missing. Two of these people could be minors.

“We know that anyone who was inside at the time did not survive,” he said.

The fire was reported around 4:08 a.m., Steinbeck told reporters. When firefighters arrived, they found flames coming from the second and third floor windows. They tried to get through the second floor front door but were forced out because of the heat.

They broke through the garage door to conduct a search but were forced to evacuate when the second floor above them began to collapse.

The emergency services set up defensive measures to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring houses. A second alarm was sounded at 4:18 a.m., and at 4:22 a.m. crews extinguished the fire from the outside and attempted to search vacant spaces in the collapsed house.

The roof, third floor and second floor all collapsed into a debris field in the garage, making firefighting difficult. Removing debris could make what remains of the building less stable.

“It's a very dangerous structure at this point, its stability,” Steinbeck said. “The floors are completely burned through. The walls are structurally questionable.”

Firefighters are still checking hot spots, and all heavy rescue personnel from Las Vegas Valley fire departments are assisting, along with Nevada Task Force 1 Structural Collapse technicians.

There was no significant damage to neighboring houses, Steinbeck said, but the force of the radiant heat was strong enough to blow out the windows of one house.

There is no information available about the cause or origin of the fire. Steinbeck said he expects the investigation into the cause to take a long time. It is also unclear whether smoke detectors were activated.

Federal and local authorities are assisting in the investigation.

According to Steinbeck, no firefighters were injured during the operation.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as they become available.