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VIDEO: Flames shoot through roof of Oldham County home

VIDEO: Flames shoot through roof of Oldham County home
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VIDEO: Flames shoot through roof of Oldham County home
A house caught fire in Oldham County on Thursday.Ballardsville fire chief Stephen Fante said the call came in around 8:56 a.m.WLKY Chopper HD flew over the home on Carpenter Drive in Crestwood around 10 a.m. and saw heavy smoke and flames.The house was a single family home and no injuries were sustained, but the fire crews did rescue a cat.Fante said the fire started in the attic and caused significant damage to the structure of the house. He also said there was a trailed inside the house that made it difficult to put out the fire.The smoke and the firefighters' response caused traffic troubles on nearby Highway 22. At one point, the road was closed. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A house caught fire in Oldham County on Thursday.

Ballardsville fire chief Stephen Fante said the call came in around 8:56 a.m.

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WLKY Chopper HD flew over the home on Carpenter Drive in Crestwood around 10 a.m. and saw heavy smoke and flames.

The house was a single family home and no injuries were sustained, but the fire crews did rescue a cat.

Fante said the fire started in the attic and caused significant damage to the structure of the house. He also said there was a trailed inside the house that made it difficult to put out the fire.

The smoke and the firefighters' response caused traffic troubles on nearby Highway 22. At one point, the road was closed.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.