LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fire at the Roosters on Preston Highway early Friday damaged the restaurant but it could be back in business in a matter of days. 

Crews from the Okolona Fire Protection District responded to the fire around 5 a.m. to find heavy smoke coming from the kitchen area when they arrived. Firefighters had to cut a hole in the roof to fight the flames in a hallway. 

Okolona Fire was able to quickly put the fire out. No injuries were reported.

This is the second fire at a local Roosters in less than a month. A fire destroyed the Roosters in Clarksville, Ind. on February 27, 2023, leaving about 100 employees out of a job. The cause of that fire is still under investigation.

Maj. Jason Tobbe said it will most likely be several days before the restaurant can reopen. 

"They’re going to have to call a remediation company to come in, and they'll have to clean up any residual smoke that's on the walls," Tobbe said. "They will have to actually have an electrician and a structural person to come in to rebuild the portion that burned. There were a lot of electrical lines down in there too."

The fire caused damage to kitchen appliances, and the walls of the hallway are coated in ash.

After the fire at the Clarksville Roosters late last month, the owner said he planned to rebuild. There's no word yet on whether the fire at the Louisville Roosters will impact those plans. 

Fire officials in Kentucky and Indiana say it's too early in the investigations to determine if the two fires are connected. 

A total of five engines responded to Friday's fire. 

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