03/23/2026
We need to thank our surrounding Volunteer Fire Departments Cuba Community Volunteer Fire Dept. Wingo Volunteer FD Mayfield Graves Fire-Rescue Squad for their help with this early morning fire.
We express our sympathy to the families involved. Very sad situation. Please remember these families and first responders in your prayers!
Help your community and your neighbors volunteer at your local fire station. Your community needs you!!!!!!!!
March 23, 2026
Re: Overnight Fire causes two deaths
Early Monday morning (03-23-26) at 1:17AM, a 911 call reported that a residence was on fire located at 5363 Central Road. Caller advised that 5 persons were inside and that they were unable to get them out.
Graves County Sheriff's deputies Andrew Prusaczyk and Austin Ramage arrived in scene within 6 minutes of the call. They found that 3 persons had escaped the fire, however 2 persons were still inside, reportedly in the upstairs portion of the dwelling. Equipped with a sledgehammer and pry bars, the deputies were unable to gain entry due to the structure being fully engulfed in flames.
Fire departments from Sedalia, Cuba, and Wingo responded, as well as the Mayfield- Graves Fire and Rescue Squad. It took several hours to extinguish the fire, and just before 6AM, the bodies of 19-year-old Arianna Teems, and her 8-month-old son Cole Walker were discovered in the rubble.
The Kentucky State Fire Marshals Office was called to the scene as well as the Graves County Coroner's Office. The investigation into the cause of the fire continues.
The Graves County Sheriff's Office offers our thoughts and prayers to those involved.
End of Release.
Sheriff Jon Hayden