Officials are investigating one of the biggest fires in Metcalfe County’s history.
More than fifty firefighters battled the blaze at Scott’s City Limits for hours Tuesday night and until after the sun rose Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said they could see the smoke and the flames from more than ten miles away, but one woman had a unique perspective. She woke up with the fire surrounding her.
Valarie Taylor has been watching the building for the owner the last six months. Asleep inside, the ring of the phone around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night is what saved her life. She was able to escape the fire with no injuries.
Kevin Scott Gentry wasn’t in his building Tuesday night, because he is in the Barren County Detention Center, arrested in March for a murder for hire plot.
According to Taylor, the 10,000 square foot building was full of Gentry’s family pictures and all of his mementos he had collected, with no insurance on the property.
Nearly half a dozen arson investigators with Kentucky State Police and the ATF were on scene Wednesday.
No word yet on if foul play was involved in the fire. Witnesses said it appeared the fire may have started as small separate fires throughout the property.
Kentucky State Police said the loss of the building totaled more than $1 million dollars in damage.
Source: WBKO
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