2 children killed after house fire in Eastern Kentucky

MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Two children were killed in a house fire Friday morning in Martin County.

The fire was reported just after 8 a.m. in the 900 block of Tug River Road, between Inez and Warfield, according to ABC affiliate WCHS.

Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said the home, which was occupied at the time by an adult and three children, was fully engulfed when crews arrived.

Two of the children died in the fire, he said. One adult and one child were treated at the scene.

Kentucky State Police and the coroner’s office are investigating.