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A child and three adults were found dead after a 'very suspicious' house fire on Thursday afternoon in the affluent district of Northwest D.C., police have said.
The $2 million family home, a short walk from Joe Biden's home on Embassy Row, is owned by Savvas Savopoulos, a Greek American and the president and CEO of American Iron Works, the leading manufacturer of building works in the United States.
Police refused to identify the victims as they launched an appeal to find the person who drove the family's Porsche out of the property at 10.30am. The car was found abandoned nearby hours later.
Savopoulos, 46, lives at the home with his wife Amy, 10-year-old son Philip, and two housekeepers in the exclusive neighborhood alongside numerous ambassadors. The couple also has two teenage daughters, Abigail and Katerina, but it is believed the girls were at boarding school at the time.
One of the housekeepers told FOX5 that she was at the home on Wednesday and that the Savopouloses, their son and a housekeeper slept in the home that night.
But on Thursday morning, she received a text message from the mother saying the family was sick so she should not come by. Mrs Savopoulos did not pick up when the housekeeper called and a text she sent also went unanswered, she said.
'She said, "I want to make sure you are not coming today",' the housekeeper recounted as she spoke to NBC4. '"Come Monday or any other day but not today".'
Friends of the Savopoulos family confirmed to DailyMail.com that fourth-grader Philip Savopoulos did not go to school on Thursday.
Firefighters were called to the blaze at 3pm to find smoke and fire billowing into the sky. Within minutes, after breaking into the home through the roof and windows, homicide detectives and secret service agents were called to the scene and taped off the street.
The property is now the scene of an arson investigation as detectives brand the incident 'very suspicious'.
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A neighbor, who has known the family for years, said she saw the 'lady of the house' and 'the cleaner' being placed in ambulances.
Detectives confirmed at least one child was pulled from the wreckage.
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D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told a press conference there are no signs of forced entry but the nature of the fire seemed 'very suspicious'.
They issued a public appeal for any witnesses who saw a blue 2008 Porsche 911, license plate DK2418, leave the scene on Thursday at 10.30am.
Fox 5 reporter Emily Miller reported the car is owned by Amy Savopoulos. The vehicle was found abandoned at 6pm nearby.
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