Two children who were found in a backyard swimming pool at a home in Daytona Beach Thursday morning have died.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said deputies and paramedics were called to a home on Valencia Avenue around 11:30 a.m.

Shana Cavanaugh, 2, and Ashton Jenkins, 1, were rushed to area hospitals, where they both later died.

Deputies said there were two adults and two other children ages 3 and 5 at the home when the incident happened.

The Sheriff's Office said the Department of Children and Families (DCF) has taken the 5-year-old who lives in the home into protective custody.  The mother of the 3-year-old has been advised by DCF to move her child out of the house.