Six members of a family have died following what police say might have been carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Genesee County.

WJRT-TV and The Flint Journal report that the victims were found Sunday in Fenton Township, near Flint.

Sheriff Robert Pickell tells the television station that a generator was being run in the basement of the house, likely due to a Friday night power outage.

A relative found the four children and two adults Sunday afternoon in their bedrooms.

Genesee County Undersheriff Chris Swanson told the newspaper that the home was being cleared Sunday of some type of toxic fumes.

A Consumers Energy utility crew was called to the home.

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