Operations & Training

Video: St. Louis FFs Face Blaze that Partially Collapses Warehouse

Nov. 19, 2020

At least 50 St. Louis firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze that broke out at an unoccupied two-story warehouse and collapsed three parts of the brick building.

Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis firefighters battle a blaze that erupted at an unoccupied two-story warehouse early Thursday.

ST. LOUIS—Portions of a burning two-story brick warehouse collapsed onto Martin Luther King Drive early Thursday, authorities said.

No firefighters were hurt when part of the structure collapsed near Marcus Avenue.

Firefighters fought the blaze at the unoccupied warehouse from the outside. About 50 firefighters were at the scene shortly after 1 a.m., fire Capt. Garon Mosby said on Twitter.

He said there were heavy flames when the first fire crew arrived and that there were three portions of the building that collapsed.

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