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Daniel Urie
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A multi-alarm fire in York is the largest fire in more than three decades in the city.
Firefighters battled the fire for hours at a warehouse in the 400 block of South Albemarle St. on Friday night.
“It’s the largest square footage fire we’ve had since 1993,” said York Mayor Michael Helfrich.
He said the main part of the building is used to store pallets and another part of the building is used to store construction materials.
He said the building collapsed on two fronts. It collapsed on both Elm Street and Albemarle Street.
Helfrich said no one had to be evacuated from the building.
He said that one firefighter had a minor injury.
The York City Police Department said on Friday night that the department is working with the York City Fire Department to determine the cause of the fire and is seeking help to obtain video surveillance footage at around 6:40 p.m. related to the commercial building fire.
But, Helfrich said that was just standard procedure.
“We have no evidence at this point of what may have started the fire,” he said.
Firefighters were called to the scene at 6:38 p.m. Friday. Multiple departments are fighting the fire. One of those departments, Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80 said on Friday night that its firefighters are at the scene.
“Rescue and Truck 80 are currently assisting York City on a 6-alarm commercial building fire,” the department said on its Facebook page.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the York City Police Department on its website at www.yorkcitypolice.com or by e-mailing Det. Commander Andy Baez at [email protected].
Officials in York said there is no danger to nearby residences. However gas and electricity service may be affected in the vicinity, officials said.
Officials are asking people to avoid this area.
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