WALTONVILLE – Jefferson County authorities have released the names of two people killed in a Wednesday morning house fire near Waltonville.

The man and woman are identified as 73-year-old Jerry Wright and 78-year-old Mary M. Rose. They were residents of the home.

Numerous area fire departments and emergency personnel responded Wednesday morning to the house on Vermont Lane just east of Waltonville.

The call reported entrapment in the home with flames through the roof.

Upon their arrival, firefighters found one person dead in the house. A second person was airlifted from the scene for treatment of injuries suffered in the fire, but that person succumbed to their injuries later that night.

The State Fire Marshal is investigating the fire.