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Vacant apartment fire on Oak Street at South 16th Street in Louisville, Ky. Image courtesy Louisville Fire Department on social media. June 21, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville firefighters were busy Saturday morning putting out a fire at a vacant building.

According to a news release from the Louisville Fire Department, crews were called out just before 7:30 a.m. to West Oak Street near South 16th Street.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire coming from the second floor of an unoccupied, boarded-up apartment.

An additional engine was requested as a back-up, and the fire was under control in about 15 minutes with the help of 29 firefighters.

The building sustained a lot of damage but fortunately no one was hurt. The cause remains under investigation.

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