Wash. Crews Battle Flames at Vacant Brewery

July 7, 2011

TACOMA, Wash. --

A two-alarm fire at the old Heidelberg Brewery site sent smoke over downtown Tacoma early Thursday morning.

The Tacoma Fire Department responded to reports of a commercial structure fire near the intersection of South 21st Street and South C Street at 11:48 p.m. Wednesday.

Crews arrived to find flames in the upper levels of the three story building, a fire department spokesman said.

A second alarm was called on the fire because it connected to other buildings, including a storage facility that stores the Pierce County Toys for Tots inventory.

Crews worked to keep flames from the storage building.

No injuries were reported in the fire, which closed off a one block radius around the building.

Investigators had to wait until the morning to look into a cause.

According to the fire department, the building was vacant and set for demolition.

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