A large fire at an Austintown warehouse on Hendricks Road started after a semi-truck pulled down live power lines.
The fire sparked at an auxiliary warehouse for Ideal Store Fixtures just before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
There were 10,000 feet of metal shelving and other products inside, according to the owner.
The warehouse is owned by Vinylume Products, Inc. but used by Ideal Store Fixtures.
Fire at Austintown business’ storage facility
Austintown Fire Chief Andy Frost, Jr. said a truck pulling away from the storage facility pulled down the wires.
“[It] caused sparking and sparking on the buildings and started the fire,” Frost said.
He said right away, he knew he would have to call in mutual aid, so crews from Youngstown and Canfield were called in to assist. Canfield brought their ladder truck to augment Austintown’s ladder truck and also helped provide more water.