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Coroner: 1-year-old, 4-year-old dead in Martin County house fire

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LOUISA, Ky. (LEX 18) — Two children were killed in a Martin County house fire Friday morning.

The Martin County Coroner, Chris Todd, reports the fire happened at a home on Tug River Road. Todd says four people were in the home at the time, and two children were unable to make it out.

4-year-old Greyson Marcum and 1-year-old Jason Lee Molette were pronounced dead at the scene.

They will both be transported to Frankfort for an autopsy.

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