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Building layout presents ‘dangerous’ challenge to crews battling fire at local business

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Firefighters struggled to find the cause of smoke inside a North Side business. They say the layout of the building made the job dangerous.

Fire, it seems, was not the only challenge for firefighters who raced to a North Side business early Thursday after getting a call about smoke in the area.after getting a call about smoke in the area.

“There had been extensive building modifications. Windows had been boarded up. We had interior burglar bars. So those presented some extreme challenges in gaining access,” said Battalion Chief Shawn Griffin with SAFD.It was closed when the fire call came in around 4 a.m.They made several attempts to enter the building from different directions, at one point using an electric saw to forge a hole in a back door.

 

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