WELLSVILLE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a 6-year-old boy has died in a northeast Kansas house fire.
Kansas State Fire Marshall’s Office spokesman Kevin Doel says the victim of Tuesday night’s fire in Wellsville has been identified as Brax Morris. Doel says a working smoke detector outside his mother’s bedroom alerted her to the fire. She was able to escape with her 3-year-old daughter.
One sheriff’s deputy suffered a cut hand breaking out a window.
Investigators have determined that the fire started in the living room. The cause is under investigation but no foul play is suspected.
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