BATH COUNTY, KY. (THECOUNT) — William Fields has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday morning house fire in Bath County, Kentucky.

Bill Fields, 74, was killed in a house fire in Salt Lick Tuesday morning.

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According to reports, Bill and his wife Cheryl were inside their home at 5600 Old Sand Road in Salt Lick, when a fire broke out Tuesday morning.

Cheryl made it out of the residence and was transported to an area hospital with unknown non-life-threatening injuries.

Bill died in the fire.

Investigators have not provided a cause for the blaze.

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Geo quick facts: Bath County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,591. The county seat is Owingsville. The county was formed in 1811 – Wikipedia.