Around 11:18am, Monday, April 22, 2019, Kentucky State Police, Post 10, Harlan received a call of a house fire off of KY 522 in the Totz community of Harlan County. Trooper Joey Brigman responded to the scene, advising two individuals needed medical treatment. The husband and wife who owned the residence, identified as 39-year-old Dennis Howard and 42-year-old Allyson Howard, were airlifted to Holston Valley Hospital in Tennessee for treatment of life-threatening injuries, before being transferred to a burn unit in Augusta, Georgia. Two children were discovered deceased inside the home. The incident remains under investigation.