2-alarm fire at Fort Worth Stockyards

Fort Worth fire investigators will be looking for the cause of a Wednesday night’s massive warehouse fire near the Stockyards. The building — near Main Street and Northwest 23rd — was fully engulfed in flames when the first units arrived around 9:15 p.m. Firefighters were forced to go into defensive mode for their own safety.

Several aerial trucks poured water on the fire. The empty building was destroyed.
No one was hurt.
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A roof has collapsed in the aftermath of a 2-alarm fire at an old abandoned building in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Fort Worth fire department spokesman Lt. Kent Worley says no one was injured. The fire was reported around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Worley says the “entire roof has come down.” Television footage showed flames leaping all over the building. Worley says firefighters worked from outside the building and got the fire out.
From The Fort Worth Star-Telegram