Fire collapses roof at Roz's Salvage Yard

A fire has collapses the roof at Roz's Salvage Yard on South 13th Street near the airport. 

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Updated: 1:33 PM CDT Apr 24, 2014

Fire collapses roof at Roz's Salvage Yard

A fire has collapses the roof at Roz's Salvage Yard on South 13th Street near the airport. 

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Updated: 1:33 PM CDT Apr 24, 2014

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WEBVTT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS 13TH STREET.  YOU CAN USE 6TH STREET AND HOWELL.  THERE IS A CLOSER.  FROM THE AIRPORT, THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO EXIT AT COLLEGE.  AGAIN, THIS THREE ALARM FIRE IS AFFECTING SO MANY PEOPLE TRAVELING IN THAT AREA.  THE AIRPORT EXIT IS NOW CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.  ALSO, WE SPOKE WITH DISTRICT 6 POLICE AND THEY ARE EVACUATING HOMES BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE.  YOU'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE PICTURES FROM THAT SCENE.  YOU CAN SEE THE WATER BEING POURED ONTO THAT SALVAGE YARD.  BIG FLAMES EARLIER.  WE WERE GETTING PHONE CALLS.  WE ALSO HAVE LIVE PICTURES NOW AROUND CLOSER TO THAT HUGE FIRE BURNING.  MATT, YOU ARE GETTING CLOSER.  ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING ELSE?  WE ARE OVERHEAD NOW.  YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS COMPLETELY CONSUMED.  THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED.  THERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON SOME OF THE VEHICLES AS WELL.  SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AS WELL.  AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS STILL SOME BURNING GOING ON.  THEY ARE STILL DUMPING TONS OF WATER.  THERE ARE FOUR ACTIVE WATER TOWERS ON THE SCENE.  THEY ARE NOT USING ANY GROUND.  HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THIS POINT.  THERE WAS SOME PROPANE TANKS THAT EXPLODED.  DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH WILL BE SURVIVING.  A ROW OF CARS IS COMPLETELY CHARRED.  THAT VEHICLE IS STILL BURNING ON THE INSIDE.  AN ACTIVE SCENE.  THEY ARE STARTING TO GET THE UPPER HAND.  RUNNING OUT OF MATERIAL TO BURN INSIDE.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.  13TH STREET SHUT DOWN.  THE AIRPORT RANT IS ALSO SHUT DOWN.  STARTING TO GET SOME GROUND ACTIVITY HERE.  LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO STAY ACTIVE.  STILL SEEING SOME FLAMES.  LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD A METAL ROOF. 

Fire collapses roof at Roz's Salvage Yard

A fire has collapses the roof at Roz's Salvage Yard on South 13th Street near the airport.