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3 dead in home fire in southern Kentucky

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MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) -- A coroner has identified three people killed in a house fire in southern Kentucky.

Wayne County Coroner Forest Hicks said in a statement on Friday that 53-year-old Douglas Walker was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday night. Two others - 60-year-old Melvina Walker and 3-year-old Jaimie Elliott - were pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Autopsies on the three were scheduled for Friday at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort.

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