Baby killed in central Alberta house fire

RCMP vehicle. (Supplied)

A baby is dead after a house fire southwest of Edmonton on Thursday.

Breton RCMP responded to the fire at a home on Township Road 482 in Brazeau County at around 12:30 p.m.

A woman and two children were able to escape the fire, RCMP said.

After the fire was extinguished, officers found a baby dead. A toddler is still unaccounted for, police said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.