Mobile home fire kills 4 children, 1 adult in Ky.; 14 people were in home when fire erupted

4 children, 1 adult die Ky. mobile home fire

SULPHUR WELL, Ky. — A state official says four children and an adult have been killed in a mobile home fire in south-central Kentucky.

State Fire Marshal spokeswoman Ricki Gardenhire says 14 people were in the home when the fire broke out early Wednesday morning.

Gardenhire says the children were ages 1, 2, and 3 and a fourth child was 11 or 12.

Seven others in the home were taken to a hospital in Glasgow with non life-threatening injuries. Two more were flown to University of Louisville Hospital.