A tragedy struck rural Oklahoma Thursday night when a fire ripped through a home, killing two people inside.Two firefighters who attempted to rescue the people who were trapped in the house also died. The two firefighters were part of the town’s eight-person volunteer fire department. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Waynoka is a town of less than 1,000 in Woods County. “It’s obvious when you drive into this town that something horrible has happened,” Assistant State Fire Marshal James Fullingim said.Members of the Waynoka Fire Department put out hot spots, their hearts heavy from the loss."The reporting party said his house was on fire. He was trapped in the bedroom,” Fullingim said.Waynoka firefighters arrived a short time later but were unable to reach the two people who were trapped in the house, he said. "They said the front door was blocked by fire,” he said. Neighboring agencies from Alva and Woodward were called in to assist. "It's always a difficult situation when something like this happens and you don't really expect your firefighters are going to perish in this way,” Fullingim said.He praised the firefighters’ courage. "How brave the firefighters were and how proud they were of them." he said. The state Medical Examiner’s Office will release the victims’ names. The Oklahoma City Fire Department sent a critical incident stress team to help the Waynoka firefighters through the tragedy.