ROCK CAVE – An Upshur County man perished in a house fire over the weekend, authorities announced.

The fire took place early Saturday morning around 2 a.m. in Rock Cave, according to the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s office.

An 81-year-old man died in the fire, located in the 2100 block of Gaines Road, officials said. The cause of the blaze has been ruled as accidental by WVSFMO investigators.

Two other West Virginia residents died in weekend fires as well, officials said.

On Friday at about 8 p.m. in Spencer, Roane County, a 67-year-old man died in a fire at his home. Investigators with the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office have ruled the cause of the fire as undetermined but most likely accidental due to an electrical malfunction.

On Monday morning in Hurricane, Putnam County, a 56-year-old woman died in a fire at an apartment complex. The cause of that fire is still under investigation by the WVSFMO.

All three victims were sent to the WV Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy and positive identification.