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Bath County Woman, 77, Dies After Rooster Run Road House Fire

The victim was identified as Josephine Patton of Bethel.

Overview

  • Troopers were alerted around 6:30 a.m. Friday to a structure fire on Rooster Run Road in Bath County.
  • Kentucky State Police, the Bath County Sheriff’s Department, Bethel Fire Department and Bath County EMS responded to the scene.
  • Fire crews located Patton inside the home and transported her to Saint Joseph Hospital in Mount Sterling.
  • She died from her injuries at the hospital and was pronounced dead by Montgomery County Coroner Jimmy Adams.
  • Investigators have not released a cause of the fire, and the case remains open.