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SIMPLY MAC STORE BEFORE QUICKLY SPREADING. >> I’M SCARED OUT OF MY MIND. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. . TRE: FROM THE SKIES, TO GROUND, A THICK HAZE OF SMOKE, BLANKETING THE AREA AROUND BRECKINRIDGE LANE IN SAINT MATTHEWS. >> ONE BUILDING CATCHES THEN THE NEXT ONE, AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE OUT HERE IN MASKS, JUST DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN. TRE: IT STARTED, WE’RE TOLD, AS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE SIMPLY MAC STORE >> SIMPLY MAC CAME IN, ASKING TO USE OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER. TRE: THOUGH, IT QUICKLY SPREAD. >> ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, THEY CAME BACK IN. I ASKED THE GIRL, DID THEY HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL? THEY SAID THEY COULDN’T GET INTO THE BUILDING ANYMORE. SO, I TAKE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO. I COULDN’T TAKE TWO STEPS IN WITHOUT CHOKING. TRE: WHILE BATTLING THE BLAZE, TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE HURT. >> WE DID HAVE A FIREFIGHTER THAT’S OVERHEATED. OUR EMS IS TREATING HIM, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER WHO FELL THROUGH A ROOF BUT HE IS ACCOUNTED FOR AND HE’S OK TRE: CROWDS OF PEOPLE LOOKED UPON THE FLAMES WHILE IT TORE THROUGH SEVERAL BUILDINGS. AS CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE FOR HOUR >> WATER, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TRE: SOME NEIGHBORING WORKERS CAME IN TO HELP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. >> WE ARE ALL STANDING OUT HERE AND WE SAW ALL THE SMOKE. THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED TO BRING WATER DOWN HERE. >> IT’S REALLY SAD. IT’S RIGHT IN THE HEART OF SAINT MATTHEWS. IT BREAKS YOUR HEART. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE, AND BEEN OUT HERE, AND EVERYBODY’S CONCERNED. TRE: WE’RE TOLD ALL OF THE CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT SA

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Flames ripped through a strip mall Monday in the St. Matthews area. The Domino's Pizza and Simply Mac, a retailer that sells Apple products, caught fire, as well as a few other surrounding businesses in the 100 block of Breckenridge Lane.Several of the businesses share the attic, so the fire quickly spread throughout.The fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Louisville Fire Chief Greg Frederick said crews were at the scene in five minutes.The fire appears to have started in an electrical closet, Frederick said. It's unclear at this point in which business the fire originated."Simply Mac came in asking to use our fire extinguisher," Domino's employee Ethan Beverly said. "About a minute later, they came back in. I asked the girl, 'Did they have everything under control?' They said they couldn't get into the building anymore. So I took the fire extinguisher to see what I could do. I couldn't take two steps in without choking."Nearly 60 firefighters responded to help get the blaze under control.Nearly an hour after WLKY arrived at the scene, flames were still shooting from the roof and smoke was billowing high into the sky. "This is right in the heart of St. Matthews. It breaks your heart," witnesses said as they watched the flames spread.No major injuries were reported, but Frederick said one firefighter became overheated and needed medical treatment at the scene. Another firefighter fell through the roof, but is accounted for and OK. Hear from Chief Frederick: Frederick said it is too early to determine whether the strip mall is a total loss, but by 6:45 p.m., it appeared to be gutted.Eastbound Shelbyville Road was closed at Breckenridge Lane as crews fought the fire. The road reopened around 9:40 p.m.