UPDATE: Baltimore City Fire Department is expected to remain on scene overnight after massive fire in South Baltimore Monday morning.
BCFD still on the scene Of the warehouse fire and expect to be there overnight hitting hot spots traffic is still shut down no injuries
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 25, 2017
Fire crews are responding to a massive four alarm fire in South Baltimore Monday morning.
BCFD still on the scene Of the warehouse fire and expect to be there overnight hitting hot spots traffic is still shut down no injuries
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 25, 2017
#Breaking: Looking west: view of the Brooklyn warehouse fire off Patapsco Ave. #baltimore @ABC2NEWS pic.twitter.com/2ogKbEcOmc
— Erick Ferris (@erick_ferris) September 25, 2017
The fire is at a the Whitehouse & Schapiro Recycling Plant on the 1600 block of E. Patapsco Ave. in the Brooklyn. The roof and part of the back wall collapsed.
Fire smells strongly of burned plastic. Workers say the company is like a Goodwill. @ABC2NEWS pic.twitter.com/hGycZL0OR6
— Cassie Carlisle (@CassieABC2) September 25, 2017
Roads are closed due to the fire.
BREAKING NEWS: A fire in south #Baltimore shuts down E. Patapsco Ave. between 9th St. & St.… https://t.co/zms4Ke1RGU
— Lauren Cook (@LaurenCookABC2) September 25, 2017
Fire crews were called to the scene at 6:49 in the morning. Smoke can be seen from miles away.
The general manager of the company, Whitehouse and Schapiro LLC, was in the warehouse when the fire started. He was not injured.
According employees on the scene, the warehouse is full of clothes, toys, statues and packaging supplies that were supposed to be donated to those in need.
The company collects items that Goodwill cannot sell, recycles them and sends them around the world.
Fire crews say it is going to take all day to put out the fire.
4 Alarm fire warehouse 1026E. Patapsco Ave 118 firefighters & 36 pcs apparatus on scene. No injuries reported @MayorPugh50 @ChiefNilesRFord pic.twitter.com/FXQeFKx0si
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) September 25, 2017
Information has also come in that there are propane tanks on the outside of the building that may be exposed to the fire.
This warehouse is not far from a chemical plant where an acid leak took place last week.
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