By Associated Press - Sunday, May 21, 2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a boy has died after a house fire in Kentucky that also killed his parents and sister.

The Fayette County coroner’s office says in a news release that 8-year-old Wiley Brown was pronounced dead Sunday of smoke inhalation.

The coroner’s office said 54-year-old Jeffrey K. Brown, 59-year-old Nancy Brown and 8-year-old Cassie Brown were pronounced dead Saturday at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital as a result of smoke inhalation and burns.



The cause of Saturday’s fire in Lexington remains under investigation. More than 60 firefighters responded to the scene.

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