Fire kills one (Updated)

By Danetta Barker

Editor

One person died in a fire on Fox Springs Avenue early Wednesday morning, according to officials.

Deputy Coroner Gary Workman confirmed the death of  47 year old Brenda Williams of 605 Fox Spring Avenue. Three family members were taken to the hospital. There is no report as to the cause of the fire and Flemingsburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jerry McCloud will meet with the state fire marshal to examine the scene later today.

According to Workman, the family of four got out of the house shortly after the fire started.

“She had been out,” Workman said. “Everyone was out of the house and talked to each other. She went back in to get the dog.”

The woman’s husband tried to help her get out of the house the second time, but was forced back by the intensity of the fire, according to Workman. The woman and the dog perished in the fire.

Her husband, their son and their son's girlfriend were taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not available.

The fire was reported shortly before 2 a.m.

An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday at the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort, but it appeared that smoke inhalation was the cause of death, Fleming County Deputy Coroner Gary Workman said.

McCloud said investigators had not determined the fire's cause

The family lost everything, he said. They had no insurance on the rented home and none of the family members are employed.

“They have nothing. No jobs, no insurance, nothing,” Workman said.