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Shively apartment fire sends woman to the hospital

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman was hospitalized after an apartment fire in Shively early Monday.

The fire started shortly after midnight on a stove in an apartment on Appleton Road in Shively.

Firefighters say a woman was trying to take burning food outside but dropped it on the living room floor.

One wall then caught fire. The woman was taken to the hospital for minor burns and smoke inhalation.

Only one apartment was damaged.

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