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3 firefighters injured, person rescued in Russell neighborhood fire

3 firefighters injured, person rescued in Russell neighborhood fire
ALI. RANDALL CAM IS THERE NOW TO SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED. RANDALL. RICK. YOU CAN SEE THE CHARRED REMAINS OF THE BUILDING BEHIND ME. LOUISVILLE FIREFIGHTERS STILL HERE PULLING UP HOSES AS WE SPEAK. NOW, ACCORDING TO RED CROSS OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE ON THE SCENE HELPING OUT DISPLACED RESIDENTS, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE UNITS IN THAT APARTMENT BUILDING AND A TOTAL OF EIGHT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE NOW, WHILE FOLKS HERE WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE UNHARMED, THAT WASN’T THE CASE FOR THREE OF THE NEARLY 100 FIREFIGHTERS WHO RESPONDED. A PERSON INSIDE THIS THREE STORY BUILDING WAS RESCUED. A FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED FIGHTING THE BLAZE AND WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE FIRE WAS, UM WAS ESCALATED TO NEARLY A FOUR ALARM FIRE, SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY A CLOSE TO ABOUT 100 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE. TOOK ABOUT ONE 1.5 HOURS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, AND KIND OF GET IT UNDER CONTROL. WE DID HAVE SOME INJURIES ON SCENE OF FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAD THREE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE WITH EMS TO U OF L HOSPITAL. NOW, THAT THIRD FIREMAN WHO WAS HURT, HE WAS ACTUALLY BITTEN BY A CAT. AND BEING TREATED FOR THAT. NO FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES WILL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARSON TEAM IS HERE INVESTIGATING HOW THIS STARTED. THE RED CROSS AGAIN IS ALSO HERE WITH RESIDENTS TALKING WITH THEM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN GET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET IN THE DAYS AHEAD. FOR NOW THOUGH,
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3 firefighters injured, person rescued in Russell neighborhood fire
Crews are in the Russell neighborhood Friday afternoon working to put out a fire.Louisville Fire Department officials said the fire started around 12:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of W Muhammad Ali Boulevard.Watch aerials from the scene in the player below:Once crews were on the scene, a person inside of the three-story building was rescued and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.There were not any other occupants inside of the building, officials said.The fire was escalated to a three-alarm status, taking nearly 100 firefighters more than an hour to get it under control.Fire officials said that three firefighters were injured fighting the fire. One had a laceration to their hand, another fell from the second floor, and a third was bitten by a cat.The firefighter who fell from the second floor has "traumatic" but non-life-threatening injuries, while the other two also have non-life-threatening injuries.All firefighters were discharged from the hospital later Friday evening.LFD Arson is investigating the cause of the fire at this time.

Crews are in the Russell neighborhood Friday afternoon working to put out a fire.

Louisville Fire Department officials said the fire started around 12:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of W Muhammad Ali Boulevard.

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Watch aerials from the scene in the player below:


Once crews were on the scene, a person inside of the three-story building was rescued and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

There were not any other occupants inside of the building, officials said.

The fire was escalated to a three-alarm status, taking nearly 100 firefighters more than an hour to get it under control.

Fire officials said that three firefighters were injured fighting the fire. One had a laceration to their hand, another fell from the second floor, and a third was bitten by a cat.

The firefighter who fell from the second floor has "traumatic" but non-life-threatening injuries, while the other two also have non-life-threatening injuries.

All firefighters were discharged from the hospital later Friday evening.

LFD Arson is investigating the cause of the fire at this time.