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Louisville warehouse holding nonprofit donations demolished after massive fire in June | News [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A warehouse in the Smoketown neighborhood was demolished after a massive fire nearly brought the entire building to the ground last month.

Smoke and flames rolled out of the warehouse June 12, destroying all the furniture and supplies inside. Wayside Christian Mission owned the building and used it for storage, holding donated items like carpet, furniture, office supplies and kitchen equipment.

For safety reasons, what was left had to be torn down.

WDRB done image shows what was left standing after a massive warehouse fire destroyed a building in Louisville’s Smoketown neighborhood in June. 

WDRB drone image from July 5 shows the warehouse now demolished.

“It’s just like a nightmare that doesn’t end,” Wayside Chief Operating Officer Nina Moseley said a few days after the fire. “But we’ve been back every day, we’ve been working on it, trying to get demolition quotes. It has to come …

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