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jbradshaw · Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 1

Only a handful of spectators stopped Tuesday to watch as firefighters and police searched through the still-smoldering remains of a central Kentucky landmark that burned the night before.

On Monday, dozens gathered - some sitting on fences and truckbeds - to watch the structure, known as "the castle," go up in flames.

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Woodford County Fire Chief Bennie Green said shortly after midnight Tuesday that "we really don't know anything" about the cause of the fire.

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The Miami lawyer who bought the Woodford County castle last year said he is uncertain about the property's future since a Monday night fire gutted the residence-to-be.

"I am so exhausted from this project. I haven't given any thought to the future," Thomas Post said yesterday from Miami by telephone. "I worked for two years on this project: A year and a half to buy it, and six months of heart, sweat and labor to try to fix it.

"And we were almost there. I mean, we had all new air conditioning, all new electric, all new plumbing, an all new septic tank. And I am at a loss. So the question is, what is the future? I haven't had time to think about the future."

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