Firefighters are continuing their efforts to contain a warehouse fire that rekindled early Monday morning at the Vandalia Warehouse complex in Granite City, Illinois. Smoke can be seen in the morning sky for miles.
Last Stand Fails It appears that the firewall, created through efforts of the Granite City Fire Department and mutual aid teams, called to the scene, have failed. The firewall represented fire crews last stand to save the Michelin Retread building which contains thousands of tires.
The original fire occurred at 9:40 p.m. Sunday night, but was confined to a section of the office building, and was put out with the help of sprinklers. Fire crews returned to the scene Monday morning around 4:40 when the fire re-kindled. Authorities won't say the fire is suspicious, but call the blaze "curious.
