UPDATE: Victim identified following fire in Barren County

BON AYR, Ky. – One person is dead following an early morning fire in Barren County.

According to Barren County coroner Tim Gibson, 60-year-old Janet Emerson has been identified as the victim that was found dead after a fire in the Bon Ayr community on Monday.

South Barren Fire Department chief Wes Kinslow confirmed the fire occurred at the 8500 block of New Bowling Green Road.

He says the initial call for the incident came in around 5:30 a.m. Upon arrival, Kinslow says the structure was fully involved, and firefighters found the body after fighting the fire.

The body has been sent to the medical examiner’s office in Louisville, and no foul play is suspected at this time, Kinslow says.

He says a cause for the fire has not been found at this time.