Authorities have identified the two children killed in a fatal house fire in Louisville on Christmas morning.

Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Rita Taylor told The Courier-Journal on Saturday that 12-year-old Solon L. Bailey and his brother, 10-year-old William T. Bailey, died at the scene.

The two boys, from Barre, Vt., were visiting their grandparents, Irving and Cathy Bailey. The grandparents suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the blaze and were in a hospital, according to a family statement.

Cathy Bailey is a former ambassador to Latvia and major GOP fundraiser who has been considering a run for the U.S. Senate.

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December 25, 2009

Fire officials say two children died and their grandparents were injured in an early Christmas morning fire that destroyed a house on the outskirts of Louisville.

Maj. Henry Ott of the Louisville Metro Arson Squad says the children were ages 10 and 12. The victims' identities were not immediately released.

Chief Chris Aponte of the Harrods Creek Fire Department says three firefighters were also injured battling the blaze, which was reported by an alarm system at 4:37 a.m. EST.

Aponte told The Courier-Journal the children

Aponte said the grandfather was reported in intensive care and the grandmother was being evaluated for lacerations and smoke inhalation.