KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, firefighters battled a large fire Tuesday night in a building at East 8th Street and Woodland Avenue.
Crews from Fire Station 10 saw a column of smoke at about 7:10 p.m.
They left their station and found a large fire in a two-story, vacant building, according to Battalion Chief Mike Hopkins.
Crews tried to fight the fire from inside the building, but were ordered out because of the large amount of fire and the concern that the building would collapse.
Smoke and fire could be seen across the northeast area of the city and through the downtown and east side neighborhoods.
There have been no reports of injuries.
Because of the extensive damage to the building, it may be difficult for fire department investigators to determine how the fire started, Hopkins said in a news release.
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