Nicholasville bakery destroyed by weekend fire

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - A bakery in Nicholasville caught fire, destroying just about everything inside.

It’s been a bad stretch for the owner of CNC Bakery as firefighters had to put out a fire at the same business just a few months ago.

“There’s smoke and flames and part of the roof that are falling in,” said Nicholasville Fire Marshal David Johns, who described what happened to the bakery over the weekend.

Firefighters responded to the scene around 5:30 Sunday morning, but the business, located on North Main Street, couldn’t be saved. The fire marshal recommends the building be condemned, and said it was built in the 1900s and had some electrical issues in the past.

“Probably the most likely scenario that we are looking at here is some type of electrical related fire,” Johns said.

The last incident at the bakery happened in March, when a fire broke out that was contained to an electrical box. He said in December a fire started underneath the bakery, damaging the first and second floors. That’s three fires within the past seven months.

“That’s really rare, you don’t see that. So we got three fires that we can generally say was caused by something electrical,” Johns said.

John said the owner was told to fix the electrical problems in the past, and he said it was her understanding the electrical problem was resolved. The baker can’t seem to catch a break, but right now she’s focused on picking up the pieces and getting back to baking in another place.

The fire marshal said businesses should keep up to date fire safety plans and make sure electrical inspections are complete. He also said to not ignore an electrical problem if you have one.

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