SMITH COUNTY—Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal fire in Smith County.
Just after 5a.m. Tuesday, 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. Authorities have not released the name of the victim or a damage estimate.