Technology executive Don Pyle, his wife and four grandchildren are feared dead in the fire. Officials said the two bodies have not been identified.
For the first time since the fire broke out on Monday, local and federal officials were able to secure the structure and access the foundation of the 16,000-square-foot house. Cadaver dogs led them to the bodies, officials said.
Officials would not comment on the age range of the victims found, nor would they discuss where they were located or the possible cause of death.
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Pyle told The Washington Post last year that after holding positions in a family business, he decided to look for an “industry that was in its infancy and something that would have growth potential.” He started in a sales position in a firm that connected computers over transmission lines, and later sold both hardware and software components for the Internet.
Pyle told the newspaper he eventually moved from sales to sales management to general management positions. In 1992, the company went public and was sold to Cisco Systems five years later for $4.2 billion, according to the Post.
CNN’s Wes Bruer, Ralph Ellis, Shimon Prokupecz and Lindy Royce contributed to this report
