LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One person was injured during a fire Tuesday morning that broke out inside a Louisville church's rectory and spread to the church itself.
At about 8:45 a.m., Louisville Fire Department crews were dispatched to a residential structure fire in the 2700 block of West Chestnut Street, according to an LFD news release.
Crews arrived on scene within two minutes to find heavy fire coming from a two-story, wood-frame house that used to be the rectory for Saint Charles Borromeo Church next-door.
Firefighters had to force open the front and back doors of the house to search the property and deploy multiple handlines.
The vacant church adjacent to the building where the fire originated sustained minor fire damage. The main fire building sustained significant fire damage, according to officials.
It took 30 firefighters approximately 28 minutes to gain control of the fire. The former rectory is considered a total loss.
One person was transported to the hospital with what LFD is calling "moderate injuries." According to the news release, the individual sustained injuries as they were evacuating the main fire house just before fire officials arrived.
"There were some occupants that self-rescued before our crews arrived on scene so there were some people coming out," LFD Captain Tamara Stewart said. "There was one civilian that was injured and transported to the hospital."
LFD Arson is currently investigation the cause of the fire.
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