Louisville community recognizes fire department’s quick response [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Fire Department had an intense week, and the community is sharing their pride and gratitude for Louisville’s first responders.

“They’re practically holding the entire city on the palm of their hands,” said resident Israel McCullough. “We as a city are grieving, but it also promotes more love and more support for what our fire department, EMS and police do.”

Resident John Cerjak said, “hats off to them.”

“Congratulations to the guys we have working in the fire department,” Cerjak said. “I can’t imagine how tired those guys must be.”

On Tuesday, the Givaudan color dye factory plant exploded, killing two employees in the Clifton neighborhood. One employee was found by Louisville Fire inside the building, buried under rubble.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” McCullough said. “That something like that happened in our city’s …