Police say a fire in Bracken County has claimed at least five lives.
The fire started just after 4:00 Saturday morning. Crews say several units responded to what was being called a very intense blaze. So far, five people have been confirmed dead and in a small town like Brookesville, where everyone knows everyone, this tragedy is really taking a toll.
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“We are hearing up to 7 people were inside the residence, we don’t know if all were inside at the time. We are interviewing neighbors trying to find out how many were there at the time of the fire,” says Trooper David Jones with Kentucky State Police.
Police say one man was airlifted to the University of Cincinnati Hospital. Police say a man, a woman and four children and one other person lived in the house. They now fear that a mother and her four children are dead. Investigators spent all day at the home, trying to figure out where the fire could have possibly started.
“The structure has burnt completely, some of the framework is still up, you have a tall chimney that is still there, that we have to take down to get in around it for safety of our arson investigators. With the structure being so burnt we are worried about the floor falling through into the basement and injuring themselves,” says Trooper Jones.
While fire investigators still try to determine the cause, a community is left mourning the loss of five of their own. “It’s a small county, a rural community, everybody knows everyone and it will take a hard toll on everyone here, especially if we do locate children in the residence. This will be a hard week for the county of Bracken,” says Trooper Jones.
Officials have not released any names or ages of the victims, but those around Bracken County believe they know who they are. A prayer vigil will be held Saturday night at 8:30 at Bracken County High School and everyone is invited to attend.
This has been a particularly bad year for multiple fire deaths in Kentucky. In addition to these five in Bracken County, five people died in Pike County, seven died in Knox County and three in a Wayne County fire.
