The cause of the fire is under investigation.
MetroSafe said the call came in about 4:45 p.m. Monday of a fire at the McDonald's at 3304 Bardstown Road, near the Budgetel Inn.
Sgt. Aaron Dossey, who is also a part-time firefighter with Pleasure Ridge Park Fire, was visiting an indoor waterpark in Cincinnati when he noticed a dark object under the water.
When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from a 2-story apartment with people trapped on the second floor balcony.
The fire happened Jan. 5 on Beargrass Avenue, just off Bardstown Road in Buechel.
The fire broke out around 4:20 p.m. in the 2200 block of Beargrass Avenue, just off Bardstown Road in Buechel.
The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. Monday.
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