According to Leitchfield Fire Chief Carl Smith, a space heater that was left unattended was the cause for the fire at 116 Sequoia Drive.
Smith said the heater was too close to the couch and caught several pieces of furniture on fire in apartment No. 4.
An unidentified neighbor noticed smoke coming from the residence and alerted emergency officials who dispatched the Leitchfield Fire Department to the scene.
The apartments on the left and right of the damaged apartment both suffered smoke damage, but no fire damage, added Smith.
Both residences of the adjourning apartments were able to stay in their homes.
The tenant of No. 4, Heather Carter, was displaced.
The property is owned by O.E. Moon Apartments. Moon reported the amount of damage to be undermined at this time.
Carter was not home at the time of the fire.
Meanwhile, two other fires at the other end of the county at Nolin Lake kept firefighters on their toes Tuesday.
Despite the best efforts of the Wax and Clarkson Fire Departments, a home in Nolin Lake Estates was a total loss after a fire engulfed it earlier this week.
According to Wax Fire Chief Dennis Martin, a kerosene heater was the cause of the fire that set the residence of Norbert Oppel at 18 Ridgecrest Court blazing Tuesday evening around 6:00 pm.
Martin said both the home and its garage were totally destroyed.
The fire departments remained on the scene until around 11 pm.
In addition, while the Wax Fire Department was fighting the structure fire in Nolin Lake estates, Grayson County emergency operations center (E911), dispatched the Cub Fire Department around 6:30 pm to assist the Clarkson Fire Department to combat a field and grass fire.
The fire was the result of an out of control, controlled burn on 5700 block of Wax Rd.
Alfred Powell had called at 5:53 pm the E911 center and reported he was going to burn the grass field at his residence.
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