The fire was reported about 3:45 a.m. Thursday. 

Early fire engines had to be pushed back into the station by hand after every call

Fire companies were on the scene within 3 minutes and found heavy flames coming from the front porch and the sides of the 1.5 story house.

As the department is riding high from the Second Street Bridge rescue on March 1, they are trying to re-direct that limelight on what it needs most — at least $35 million to fix aging stations and equipment. 

The fire training academy takes around 28 weeks for recruits.

The fire happened Jan. 5 on Beargrass Avenue, just off Bardstown Road in Buechel.

Firefighters had to deal with brutal cold to fight the fire.

The fire broke out around 4:20 p.m. in the 2200 block of Beargrass Avenue, just off Bardstown Road in Buechel.

Firefighters found the bodies Tuesday after responding to a fire at a home on East Telegraph Hill Road. 

It took 30 firefighters almost a half-hour to get control of the fire.