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\nOfficials are investigating one of the biggest fires in Metcalfe County’s history.<\/p>\n
\nOfficials are investigating one of the biggest fires in Metcalfe County’s history.<\/p>\n
More than fifty firefighters battled the blaze at Scott’s City Limits for hours Tuesday night and until after the sun rose Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Nearly half a dozen arson investigators with Kentucky State Police and the ATF were on scene Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kentucky State Police said the loss of the building totaled more than $1 million dollars in damage.
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