Two people have been found dead in a fire at a house in the town of Knox, according to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple.

Sheriff's deputies responded to the house on Thompsons Lake Road just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, finding it "fully engulfed in flames," according to a press release. Knox, Berne and Altamont firefighters put the fire out, and two bodies were recovered.

Apple said autopsies are expected to be performed Thursday, and the state's Office of Fire Prevention and Control is aiding the sheriff's investigation.