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Coroner IDs Man Found Dead After Rowan County Fire

Posted at 1:03 PM, Mar 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-20 15:00:42-04

ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A man found dead in a truck following a 60-acre fire in Rowan County has been identified.

According to Rowan County Coroner John Northcutt, the man found in the burned vehicle was Ronald Lee Kelsey, 47.

State police tell LEX 18 that the death is not being treated as suspicious and that no foul play was suspected. The death was discovered after the fire burned sixty acres in the area of Lockegee Road.

Funeral arrangements are pending.