UPDATE:
The sheriff's office reports that the unaccounted person has been located.
The Corbin Fire Department says Captain Eric Philpot was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Hospital after he sustained minor injuries in the fire.
Captain Philpot was released several hours after an examination and is expected to recover fully.
ORIGINAL:
A firefighter was airlifted from the scene of a fire in Laurel County Monday, and one person is still unaccounted for.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday at an abandoned building off West Cumberland Parkway.
Multiple area fire departments responded to the scene.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Office reports that homeless individuals were in the building when the fire broke out. All but one of those people have been accounted for. Investigators will continue searching the scene on Tuesday.
The Sheriff's Office reports that a volunteer firefighter was airlifted to UK Hospital for injuries sustained while fighting the fire—no word on that person's condition.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
