SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON THE SCENE of a 3-alarm fire at a frozen-food storage facility. The fire broke out around 10 am Pacific time and is still ongoing as this is being posted.
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The cold-storage plant is divided into three sections with the office area in the center and two storage warehouses on each side. The fire started in the office area and the FD is working hard to keep it contained to the center of the complex.
The two storage warehouses on each end have large anhydrous ammonia tanks in them and that is the concern at the moment. All civilians within a 2-block radius of the plant have been evacuated.
The initial attack was hindered by a recent 30-inch snowfall that had covered all of the hydrants and they had to be located and dug out before water supply could be established. There was also a partial roof collapse shortly after the arrival of the FD units.
KREM-TV Ch. 2 has this up-to-date video report:
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