A 100-year-old warehouse was destroyed early Tuesday after a massive fire tore through a city block in downtown Olympia.
Fire officials say it's too early to say whether the two-alarm blaze may have been started by July Fourth fireworks.
Crews responded to the fire, at State Avenue NE and Adams Street NE, at about 1:15 a.m. after receiving calls about fire and smoke spewing from the building.
Towering flames were shooting into the night sky when the first firefighters arrived on scene. They fought the fire for an hour and a half before bringing it under control. Crews also fought to keep the heat from reaching a fuel shop and several propane tanks nearby.
Meanwhile, power crews rushed in to deactivate electrical lines next to the warehouse.
Brandon Williams says he was nearby with his friends when they smoke from the fire billowing into the air.
"We saw the smoke first and then we ran up here and saw flames that were like 20 or 30 feet in the air," he said. "It's one heck of a way to end a Fourth of July."
Crews were still dousing flare-ups and hot spots as dawn broke over the scene Tuesday morning.