Park Mammoth Resort Lost in Structure Fire
An early morning fire claimed the main building at Park Mammoth Resort, more recently known as part of the same property as The Maple Retreat.
Fire departments were paged around 3AM on Saturday, April 19th to the report of a fully involved fire at Park Mammoth and the surrounding woods, which was reportedly called in by a driver on I-65.
Firefighters ran into trouble before even getting to the fire, as the entrance to the building was blocked off by two large gates with large rocks in front of them. Firefighters were first able to remove the gates, then use a winch and cable to hook to the rocks and drag them out of the way. The structure was nearly gone by the time trucks were able to drive up the hill to the building.
Firefighters then worked to contain the fire from spreading further into the woods. Trucks were not able to drive to the back of the building due to the steep elevation that overlooked 31W and I-65.
In addition to Rocky Hill, the Chalybeate, Brownsville, Wingfield, Kyrock, Lincoln, Park City, Cave City, Glasgow FireLadder 2, and Horse Cave Fire Departments responded to the scene, as well as the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Barren/Metcalfe EMS.
No injuries were reported.
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