EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A warehouse fire spread to several blocks Saturday in Evansville.
The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. and officials estimated it had spread at least two blocks by mid-afternoon, WFIE-TV reported.
Off-duty firefighters and crews from other counties were being called in to battle the blaze, WEHT-TV reported.
Several walls in the warehouse collaspsed, WEHT reported.
The warehouse primarily stores shingles, WEHT said.
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It wasn’t immediately known if anyone was in the warehouse when the fire started.
There was no immediate report of injuries.
The Indiana State Fire Marshal’s office sent a representative at the scene.
Firefighters were spraying down a house to prevent the fire from spreading to residential areas.
Power in the area has been shut down by CenterPoint Energy.
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