Authorities in Michigan say a man kills his wife and their six children before turning a home fire that later leads to everyone being found dead. The accounts describe a sequence in which the man first fatally shoots his wife and children, then takes his own life. Investigators say the fire appears to have been intentional, with flames started in multiple areas of the residence rather than spreading from a single accidental source. The deaths are discovered after the family home burns, and officials report that the victims are the man’s immediate family members. One outlet also reports that the family’s pets die in the blaze. Authorities have not indicated any competing explanations for the violence or fire in the information provided, and the reports focus on the investigation’s early conclusions about the causes: shootings occurring before the fire, and an arson-type ignition involving several parts of the home.