A fire has heavily damaged an old Leitchfield motel.
Tuesday morning at approximately 3:30, the Leitchfield Fire and Police Departments, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and EMS responded to the old Country Side Inn Motel (also formerly the Econo Lodge) in 200 block of Commerce Drive.
Upon firefighters arriving, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from two rooms, and smoke coming from the length of the structure’s roof.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze in the two rooms, before working to put out fire that had spread to between the ceiling and roof of the motel.
It appears, according to Leitchfield Fire Chief Tim Duvall, that the fire was started by a squatter attempting to stay warm.
There were no injuries reported and firefighters cleared the scene at 5:23.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken @k105.com
