Dozens of Salt Lake City fire crews descended on a massive blaze at an apparently unoccupied, under-construction building in Sugar House late Tuesday.
The burning building was located just west of Highland Drive, south of 2100 South, and ignited sometime before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Salt Lake City Fire Department.
Capt. Tony Stowe said crews believe no one was inside the building, which he described as a largely open-frame structure that seemed to still be under construction. Those open-frame construction materials seemed to be rapidly feeding flames, making for a “very active” fire, he said.
1040 East 2220 south 4th alarm fire.
— Salt Lake City Fire Department (@slcfire) October 26, 2022
Steered clear of the area. Heavy smoke and high danger surrounding fire. PIO on scene. Media staging in front of Whole Foods market parking lot 1131 E Wilmington pic.twitter.com/vIQVBq3I74
About 70 fire personnel had responded to the massive blaze as of about midnight Wednesday, Stowe said, including three ladder trucks.
At the time, those ladder units were working in sync to shoot water up to 110 feet in the air, aimed at flames that could be seen spitting out from the building’s top floors, according to footage released by the department.
“So far, it doesn’t seem to be extending to any lower floors,” Stowe said at about midnight of the blaze.
As a precaution, Salt Lake City fire crews evacuated people from adjacent buildings as the “high-danger” fire continued to burn, Stowe said.
At 11:11 p.m., one Twitter user, Amanda Lee, posted a photo of the fire, taken from a building across from the scene. At the time, smoke could be seen pouring out from the opposing, open-frame structure, and a fire department vehicle could be seen stationed on the ground below.
Over the next 30 minutes, in subsequent Twitter posts, Lee shared video of the fire, in which fire crews could be seen attempting to douse flames with water.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately known. Fire officials late Tuesday advised people to avoid the area.
— Amanda Lee (@AmandaCLee) October 26, 2022
— This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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