SMITH COUNTY—Authorities investigating a fatal fire in Smith County have yet to release additional information in the case.
Just after 5a.m. March 25, first responders were alerted to a fire at the Home on the Rang Lodging Motel on East Highway 36 in Smith Center, according to Sheriff Travis Conway.
First responders pulled a unresponsive person from the structure who was pronounced dead at the scene. The Smith County Sheriff'f office, investigators from the Kansas State Fire Marshal and a K9 from Sedgwick County Fire are working together to investigate. No foul play is suspected. Despite repeated requests, authorities have not released the name of the victim, the cause of the fire or a damage estimate.