Firefighters reported that the roof of the warehouse partially collapsed at 1:15 a.m., preventing personnel from entering the remnants of the building. Crews extinguished the fire around 3:22 a.m. and did not report any injuries. An investigation is still underway, Cuerpo said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
This comes after another fire broke out in another commercial building on Tuesday morning, approximately 20 minutes away on the 2700 block of E Madison St. in the Central District. The fire broke out at approximately 3:22 a.m. and crews were able to extinguish the fire at approximately 5:30 a.m.
No injuries were reported, and Cuerpo confirmed that the cause of the fire was accidental in the same press conference on Wednesday morning.