Overview
- The Louisville Fire Department responded around 5:40 a.m. to the 1300 block of Walter Avenue in the Iroquois neighborhood.
- Investigators said a Coleman-brand camping stove being used for heat caused the fire.
- The resident had returned after an extended absence to find the electricity shut off and left briefly before coming back to heavy smoke.
- Twenty-four firefighters brought the incident under control in approximately 12 minutes after finding a smoking structure.
- All occupants evacuated before crews arrived, damage was confined to the front room, and the resident was displaced.