>> TO SPARTANBURG NOW- WHERE A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE RITE AID DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THAT’S ON FLATWOOD INDUSTRIAL DRIVE. NO ONE WAS HURT. FLAMES WERE FIRST REPORTED AROUND FOUR THIS MORNING. DISPATCH SAYS 9 DEPARTMENTS ALL WORKED TO PUT IT OUT. OUR CREW ON THE SCENE SAID THE BUILDING DIDN’T APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED- BUT SOME TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE BURNED. THE INTE
Flames burn tractor-trailers during fire at Spartanburg distribution center
Video shows at least 4 tractor-trailers burning
Updated: 6:27 AM EST Dec 25, 2019
A fire at an Upstate warehouse early Tuesday burned several tractor-trailers overnight.Flames were reported at the Rite Aid Distribution Center on Flatwood Industrial Drive in Spartanburg about 4 a.m., according to dispatchers. Cowpens, Hillcrest, Drayton, Commerce, Mountain View, Mayo, Boiling Springs, Cherokee Springs and Whitney fire departments all responded, dispatchers said.Crews with Cherokee Springs Fire Department are heading up investigation in to what started the fire, dispatchers said. There did not appear to be any damage to the distribution center building, but WYFF News 4’s Joe Ripley said he saw wreckers towing off burned tractor-trailers next to the center’s main building.Video sent to WYFF News 4 by Interstate Wrecker Service showed intense flames coming from at least four tractor-trailers.No injuries were reported.
A fire at an Upstate warehouse early Tuesday burned several tractor-trailers overnight.
Flames were reported at the Rite Aid Distribution Center on Flatwood Industrial Drive in Spartanburg about 4 a.m., according to dispatchers.
Cowpens, Hillcrest, Drayton, Commerce, Mountain View, Mayo, Boiling Springs, Cherokee Springs and Whitney fire departments all responded, dispatchers said.
Crews with Cherokee Springs Fire Department are heading up investigation in to what started the fire, dispatchers said.
There did not appear to be any damage to the distribution center building, but WYFF News 4’s Joe Ripley said he saw wreckers towing off burned tractor-trailers next to the center’s main building.
Video sent to WYFF News 4 by Interstate Wrecker Service showed intense flames coming from at least four tractor-trailers.
No injuries were reported.
