The state Fire Marshall’s office says it can’t determine what caused the fire that killed four children late Tuesday night at a Lake of the Ozarks condominium.

The fire that killed four children occurred in the Compass Pointe condos at the Lake of the Ozarks.  (picture courtesy; KSSZ)

The fire that killed four children occurred in the Compass Pointe condos at the Lake of the Ozarks. (picture courtesy; KSSZ)

Officials say the fire appears to have started just outside the door to the fourth floor unit the four children were in, but the damage was extensive enough it destroyed the evidence needed to pinpoint a cause.

The children who died have been identified as Kairi Helton and Zeza Bradshaw, both two, four-year-old Lee Ann Hendrickson and five-year-old Joshua Hendrickson.

Earlier story: Condo fire kills four children at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks