LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Investigators are working to determine the cause of a house fire on Monticello Avenue in Newburg that sent one person to the hospital early Tuesday morning.

The fire left neighbors shocked and grateful for the quick response by firefighters.

Frances Floyd was walking her dog when she noticed smoke rising from the home.

“I started to change my mind, but then something told me just to go ahead and walk the dog this morning,” Floyd said. “As I was coming down the street, I saw the smoke going up.”

Floyd immediately called 911 and tried to alert anyone who might be inside.

“I started hollering and saying, ‘Hey, is anybody back there?’” she said. Two men, including the boyfriend of another neighbor, Shantel Burks, stopped to help.

“We heard the windows, the glass breaki

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