A large fire tore through the Villa Hills Civic Club and destroyed it early Thursday, fire officials say.
A passerby reported the blaze at 2:46 a.m.
The club’s single-story building is located off Rogers Road near Lakeshore Drive and the Villa Hills Police Department.
Fire crews with the Crescent Springs Villa Hills Fire Department responded to find it fully engulfed in flames. No one was hurt, but the building looks like a total loss, according to Fire Chief Jeff Wendt. “It’s a tragic thing...a loss for the city,” said the club’s director, Mike Martin.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Wendt said it may have started in the back of the building. Martin said the private club was formed nearly 61 years ago, in May 1961, is owned by the members and now amasses 23 acres in a beautiful country setting with fishing ponds.