BEDFORD, Ky. (AP) -- Investigators are probing for the cause of a fire that destroyed the main fire house in the Trimble County seat on Thursday afternoon.
State Police in Campbellsburg said the fire started just before 2:30 p.m. EST. The fire destroyed the home of the volunteer fire department established in 1954.
Firefighters from six departments in the surrounding area fought the blaze, state police said. No one was inside when the blaze broke out and there were no injuries, troopers said.
A new ambulance inside the firehouse was also destroyed, authorities said.
The Bedford fire was the second at a Kentucky fire house in two days. Four fire trucks and a building were destroyed in a blaze early Wednesday in southeastern Kentucky.
Chief James Jones of the North McCreary Volunteer Fire Department at Wiborg near Whitley City said he discovered the Wednesday fire in the large metal building that also was used for community meetings.
``It's a loss to the whole community,'' he said.
Jones said he was in the department's other building and saw flames reflected in the window of a house near the fire station. He called for help and began fighting the flames with a truck from the building that was not on fire. But the blaze had engulfed the inside of the structure.
State police and the state fire marshal were investigating, Jones said, but he thought an electrical problem caused the fire.
The department still has a pumper truck and two tankers, so it can provide fire protection, he said.
Jones estimated the loss at $200,000 to $300,000. The department has insurance that probably will cover the cost of replacing the 12-year-old building, but it won't be enough money to replace the building and the trucks, he said.
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