A middle school student has died following a house fire in Bell County, Kentucky. According to WRIL, the Middlesboro Fire and Police Departments were called to a home on Ironwood Road Sunday.
The home was found engulfed in flames. Officers say five of the six family members that were in the home were able to escape with minor injuries, but 10-year-old Mark Smolick was unable to get out. Smolick was a student at Middlesboro Middle School. MPD shared that the Middlesboro Fire EMS, Bell County Sheriff’s Deputy Major Edwards and Chaplain Rick Dorton, Bell County Coroner’s Office, Middlesboro ARH Emergency Room employees, Middlesboro Independent School District Social Worker Leah Jones, Kentucky Utilities, and Pastor David King offered help during this incident.