LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Firefighters are responding to a fire at the Axis Apartments in Lexington for the second time in a month.
Crews were called to the apartment complex on Nicholasville Road at around 5:00 p.m. Monday. According to fire officials, a fire started in the main transformer room of the complex. In order to stop the fire, crews had to cut electricity to all 123 units.
As of Monday evening, power had still not been restored, and the Lexington Fire Department reported property management was offering residents motel rooms to stay the night.
It's unclear how long the outage will last.
"I've got a sister that lives down the road. I'm gonna go stay with her for a couple of days while this gets sorted out," one resident told LEX 18.
The apartment complex previously caught fire at around 10:30 a.m. on January 3. According to officials, they began working to put out the fire in a second-story unit, which could not be entered through the front.
No one was injured in the January 3 fire, and the unit was not occupied at the time.
