LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A three-alarm fire destroyed Highland Park Missionary Baptist Church early Thursday morning, leaving the 118-year-old congregation without their physical home.
Pleasure Ridge Park fire chief Jason Meiman said the blaze started just after midnight Thursday. Meiman explained, initially, firefighters found flames coming from the roof at the rear of the church on Shanks Lane in the St. Denis neighborhood, but the fire quickly grew.
More than 50 firefighters and medical personnel responded to the scene. The conditions left behind by this weekend’s winter storm didn’t make it easy on first responders. One firefighter slipped on the ice and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries…