Giant blaze destroys downtown McAlester building
MCALESTER, Okla. (KFOR) – A giant blaze destroyed a building in downtown McAlester.
Flames jutted into the air and black smoke filled the sky as a building that housed top-floor apartments and a bottom-floor store was consumed by fire.
The massive fire erupted in the 400 block of South Main Street on Thursday.
Tenants jumped out of second-story windows as smoke filled their homes.
McAlester firefighters battled the blaze, using a ladder truck to rise above the fire and direct high-pressure blasts of water at the flames.
No fatalities have been reported.
Red Cross of America traveled to a nearby restaurant to assist victims.
Medical personnel treated people at the scene.
No fatalities have been reported so far.
Paula's Baby Shop was located on the first floor.
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