Follow Up: Jonesboro fire chief, witness speak following business warehouse fire

VIDEO: The Jonesboro Fire Department responded to a warehouse fire shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon near Paragould Drive at Peterson’s Variety. According to Fire Chief Marty Hamrick, the first crew arrived within four minutes of the call and immediately began efforts to extinguish the fire. “The amount of involvement made it impossible for our crews to go interior and fight it like we typically would. So, we had to set up and flow through windows and whatever openings that the fire had already made to be able to extinguish,” Chief Hamrick stated. He also noted challenges exacerbated by weather conditions, saying, “Yesterday we had a lot of wind, we had several grass fires that were also started by this fire. So, we were trying to make sure we got ahead of those, so it didn’t spread.”
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Jonesboro business warehouse goes up in flames

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Fire officials have yet to determine what caused a Jonesboro business’ warehouse to go up in flames. Around 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, the Jonesboro Fire Department responded to Peterson Variety, 1300 Paragould Dr. Witnesses told K8 News that the warehouse was used as storage and that there was “quite a bit” of merchandise inside. Multiple engines and companies battled heavy smoke as they fought the flames from the ground and the air. The smoke was so thick Jonesboro police shut down the road and directed traffic around the area. According to the fire department, City Water and Light “disconnected the power and boosted their pumps, providing much-needed water to the scene.” JFD added that Summit Utilities turned off the gas to the building to stop a ruptured gas line fire.
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