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Seattle Seahawks' Frank Clark loses father in house fire

CLEVELAND (AP) — Seattle Seahawks football player Frank Clark has confirmed his father and three other family members have died in a Cleveland house fire.

Clark wrote in a tweet posted Sunday evening that his father, 44-year-old Frank Clark III, died in the fire in the city's East Side Jan. 30.

Fire officials have not publicly identified the victims, but Clark's aunt tells Cleveland.com 46-year-old Alfonso Lathan Jr., his 4-year-old son Alfonso Lathan III and 8-year-old granddaughter Niayah were also killed.

Fire officials say Alfonso Lathan's wife, 44-year-old Gianna Latham, is being treated for severe burns.