More than 60 Phoenix FFs Tackle 3-Alarm Strip Mall Blaze

Crews were able to contain the massive fire to a discount store in the shopping center, and it took more than three hours to put out the flames early Sunday.
Sept. 29, 2019

More than 60 Phoenix firefighters battled a three-alarm strip mall blaze early Sunday.

The fire broke out around 4 a.m., and it burned through ABC Discount Center, KTVK-TV reports. Flames collapsed the discount store's roof, but no one was inside when it fell.

Firefighters worked for more than three hours to knock down the blaze. Although crews were able to contain the fire to the discount store, other units suffered smoke damage.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to KTVK.

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