Warehouse catches fire on Cleveland's west side early Saturday morning

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Posted: 08/18/2012

CLEVELAND - A warehouse caught fire on the west side of Cleveland early Saturday morning.

The Cleveland Fire department received the call at about 5:25 a.m.

A vacant building caught fire at the former Dickey-Grabley Machine Company on Madison Avenue. There are nine buildings in the industrial complex.

One of the buildings stores cars, RVs and boats, according to Cleveland Fire Department spokesman Larry Gray.  There was some smoke damage to those vehicles.

Gray said the roof collapsed on the building that caught fire, making it difficult to attack. Firefighters launched an aerial attack using four aerial units.

More than 60 firefighters from 11 fire companies assisted in putting out the fire. Firefighters cleared the scene at about 8:30 a.m.

There were no injuries. Gray said the damage was estimated at $100,000.

The fire department blocked off some streets in the area to fight the fire. Those roads reopened at about 6:30 a.m.

There is no word on the cause of the fire yet. Gray said it does not appear to be suspicious.

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