Three people have been recovered from a deadly residential fire in Carrollton.
Police arrived on the scene first, with officers entering the fully engulfed two-story residence and pulling a toddler out of the fire.
“The officers were able to extract one juvenile female, approximately 3 years old, from the residence,” Carrollton PD Public Affairs Officer Dave Roberts said in a media briefing on the fire. “That female was taken to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital and has since been transferred to UofL.”
The toddler, Roberts said, had collapsed and was lying near the back door of the home.
The intense fire caused the residence to collapse on itself, making it difficult and time consuming to recover the fire’s victims. As of Friday afternoon, three people were found inside the home.
“Kentucky Utility has some vehicles down the that’s going to help remove some of the debris so we can get in there and get a better look at what’s inside the residence,” Roberts said during the briefing.
According to family members who spoke WDRB.com, a total of four people died in the fire, a mother and three children.
The names of the victims have not been released.
It’s unclear at this point how the fire started.
The Carrollton Police Department, Kentucky State Police and state Fire Marshal’s Office are leading the investigation.
(Photo: First responders on the scene of a fatal house fire in Carrollton, courtesy of WAVE.com)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
