LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) \u2014 Three firefighters were injured after a heavy fire broke out at a vacant home early Sunday morning in Louisville’s California neighborhood.<\/p>\n
According to Donovan Sims, a spokesperson for the Louisville Fire Department, crews responded at 12:09 a.m. to a heavy fire in the 1600 block of Prentice Street at a vacant two-story home that was spreading to a nearby house.<\/p>\n
Officials said a second alarm was requested for additional resources. The fire was brought under control at 1 a.m.<\/p>\n
According to LFD, it took 49 firefighters to confine the fire to the primary structure. A wall also collapsed during operations.<\/p>\n
Three firefighters were injured while battling the flames. Sims said one firefighter was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and two other firefighters sustained minor injuries but remained on duty.<\/p>\n
No one was inside the home at the time of the fire.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
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