largest fires in lexington kentucky
Lexington Fire Chief: Stockyard fire biggest in more than 30 years. A large fire began at Bluegrass Stockyards that spread rapidly and consumed multiple other buildings on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky. Flames engulfed the Bluegrass Stockyard at Lisle Industrial Avenue in what interim fire chief Harold Hoskins called the biggest fire in Lexington in his 33-year career. About 120 active and reserve Lexington firefighters were on the scene Saturday afternoon as the fire, which started at about 2 p.m., produced clouds of smoke visible from UK campus and beyond.