DEERFIELD, Kan. (AP) Authorities have identified the victims of a western Kansas fire as a former Kansas State Board of Education member and her husband.
The Kansas State Fire Marshals Office says the fire started early Tuesday in the garage of a home near the small Kearny County town of Lakin. It killed Jim and Reta Dale, who were both 84 years old. Two others escaped without serious injuries. The cause of the fire was classified as undetermined.