New agreement may lead to faster fire department response times in Louisville following 2019 fire Share Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN BURNING SINCE A FIRE. FIRE CLOSES DOWN THIS LOCATION IN ST. MATHEWS FOR TWO YEARS. IT RE-ENOPS IN FEBRUARY. TODAY, A NEW AGREEMENT MEANS THAT THIS COULD BE FASTER RESPONSE TIME IF FIRE SMASHED AGAIN. FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE COMPLEX IN 2019. IT DESTROYED FEDERAL BUSINESSES. ONLY LOUISVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE DISPATCHED. DESPITAE ST. MATTHEWS DISTRICT LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. SMOKE-AND-WATER DAMAGE ON THE REST OF THE PLACE AND WE GOT A LAST STUFF OUT. TWO YRSEA LATER? WE RECEIVED THESE. BUSINESS IS BACK INULL F SWING. WE HAVE GONE TO OPEN NEAR PLAN. SAME FOOTPRI.NT BUT MORE OPEN PLAN. THE FIRE CHANGED THE SHOP. IT CONTRIBUTED TO CHANGE OF HOW THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO FIRES. THE MAYOR AND THE