At approximately 3:30amCT on Friday, March 8, 2024, the Eli VFD responded to a property known as Alligator Inn (but under new ownership as Cumberland Condos) for a report of heavy smoke coming from the roof of the building.

The first Eli VFD units arriving found and reported a working fire that appeared to be in the attic area above the rooms. With this being a commercial property and a working fire, the Russell Springs Fire Department was quickly requested for mutual aid, personnel and equipment. Quick teamwork of door forcing, vertical ventilation, and coordinated fire attack and extensive overhaul of the rooms while salvaging undamaged property, contained the fire to two rooms and the attic and roof above. The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire.