ST. LOUIS — A warehouse fire burned into its second day on Tuesday here, closing the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge due to heavy smoke and low visibility, authorities said.
The vacant six-story building is a windowless cold storage warehouse in the 1800 block of North Broadway in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. It began burning Monday. The fire at the building is the second this year.
No injuries have been reported.
Fire crews at around 6 a.m. Tuesday said flames were shooting out the side of the building. Video from a drone showed the roof was intact with smoke coming out the penthouse.
The Missouri Department of Transportation, at the request of the St. Louis Fire Department, closed the bridge across the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri for the next two days.
A man was shot by another motorist on I-44/55 near downtown St. Louis Monday afternoon, police said. The victim, 38, was treated for a minor g…
The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge remains closed from heavy smoke drifting from a vacant warehouse fire burning on N. Broadway and Brooklyn Street on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. This is the second blaze at the six-story cold storage warehouse this year.
St. Louis firefighters work at the scene of a two-alarm vacant warehouse fire on N. Broadway and Brooklyn Street on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. This is the second fire at the six-story cold storage warehouse this year.
A St. Louis firefighter looks over embers burning on a dock outside a vacant warehouse fire on N. Broadway and Brooklyn Street on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The fire, which has closed the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge due to heavy smoke from the building, is the second blaze at the six-story cold storage warehouse this year.
A plane flies over a smoldering six-story vacant cold storage warehouse on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, on North Broadway and Brooklyn Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. This is the second fire that has burned at the building this year.
Smoke engulfs the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge as a nearby vacant six-story cold storage warehouse burns on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, on North Broadway and Brooklyn Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. The fire at the building is the second this year.
A St. Louis firefighter carries fire hose to fight a two-alarm vacant warehouse fire Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, on North Broadway and Brooklyn Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. This is the second fire at the six-story cold storage warehouse near the entrance to the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge this year.
Crews work to demolish a smoldering vacant warehouse fire along the 1800 block of N. Broadway on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in the in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. According to St. Louis Fire Battalion Fire Chief Steve Rick demolition crews will level the six story building to the ground.
Crews work to demolish a smoldering vacant warehouse fire along the 1800 block of N. Broadway on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in the in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. According to St. Louis Fire Battalion Fire Chief Steve Rick demolition crews will level the six story building to the ground.