St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — A warehouse fire in St. Louis burning in its second day Tuesday has closed the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge due to heavy smoke and low visibility, authorities said.
The vacant six-story building is a windowless cold storage warehouse in the 1800 block of North Broadway in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. It began burning Monday. The fire at the building is the second this year.
No injuries have been reported.
Fire crews at around 6 a.m. Tuesday said flames were shooting out the side of the building. Video from a drone showed the roof was intact with smoke coming out the penthouse.
The Missouri Department of Transportation , at the request of the St. Louis Fire Department , closed the Stan Musial Bridge across the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri for the next two days.
MoDOT suggests drivers uses the McKinley or the MLK bridges instead.
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Social media posts shared by the St. Louis Fire Department have dozens of comments and shares recalling the Worcester Cold Storage fire in 1999.
“Everyone watching this has the Worcester 6 on their minds.”
“This is VERY similar to the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Company fire that happened on December 3, 1999.”
“Glad the members were pulled out before it was too late. Remember the lessons learned in Worcester Ma.”
“Eeewww!! Looks like 1999 all over again.”
“Know your history!! Does this look familiar?”
“If you don’t learn from the past , history will repeat itself.”
