One firefighter was injured Thursday morning in a three-alarm fire at an old textile mill building in Rowan County.
The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. at the old Parkdale Mills plant, on Meriah Street in Landis, according to Rowan County authorities. Firefighters found flames coming from the roof when they arrived, and a second alarm was sounded a short time later.
A third alarm was sounded about 6 a.m., but crews brought the blaze under control about 6:30 a.m.
Authorities report the injured firefighter suffered heat exhaustion, and officials rotated in several crews of firefighters to deal with the blaze. Their effort to control the fire was hampered because the sprinkler system did not operate in the part of the building that caught fire.
Rowan County authorities said part of the building was used by retail businesses, but the part that burned was not in use.
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