A massive five-alarm fire in South Sacramento that required resources from across the region wiped out multiple family-owned businesses on Monday night.
Four of the nearly 200 firefighters who fought the fire near the old Campbell Soup plant on Franklin Boulevard and 47th Avenue had minor injuries and one was taken to the hospital. Carlos Leon, a business owner said he "saw big flames, super high" as his warehouse was nearly torched. Leon, an immigrant from El Salvador, owns an importing business that backed right up to the flames. Aside from some damage to the back, firefighters were able to save his business, but several of his neighbors weren't so lucky.
"It was just right here, it was really close," Leon said.