Follow Up: Firefighters treated for heat exhaustion while battling Etowah County warehouse fire

  • Source: WAAY-TV ABC 31 Huntsville
  • Published: 10/01/2019 03:39 PM

Scores of agencies from across central and north Alabama are battling a massive warehouse fire in Etowah County. More than 300 firefighters from around 65 departments have been there working, and more than a dozen firefighters have been treated for heat exhaustion. Tuesday there was a rest zone in place with air conditioning, food and water. The fire is in Attalla, which is about 25 minutes south of Boaz. Firefighters say they've called in so much help because of how large the warehouse is, and because it's so hot outside, firefighters need to take more breaks. North Alabama departments are represented from Sand Mountain to the Shoals. One Boaz firefighter said in his 15 years of fighting fires, he's never seen this many departments working together at once.



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