A fire on the roof of a Jefferson County Public Schools building produced smoke that could be seen for miles.
At 12:45 p.m. Thursday, firefighters from St. Matthews and Anchorage-Middletown were dispatched to the Westport Early Childhood Center, located at 8800 Westport Road.
St. Matthews Assistant Fire Chief David Howser said there was heavy fire when the first crews arrived. Firefighters found the fire was on the top layer of the five-layer roof. A hand line was used to put the fire out.
“Although the fire was on the surface, we needed to make sure there was no fire hitting down against the additional layers, so that’s why we had a lot of manpower here, in this heat to take care and make sure it’s all out,” Howser said.
Roofers were doing work on the building.