Eleven fire units from Putnam, as well as 3 from St. Johns County and the fire chief and fire marshal, are responding to the scene.
PALATKA, Fla. — A three-alarm fire erupted at a large commercial building in East Palatka Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. Around 5:30 p.m., PCFR reported they were in the “cleaning up” phase.
No one was injured and roads are reopened.
Oxygen tanks and acetylene (a colorless, flammable gas) tanks were exploding inside the building.
Eleven units responded from PCFR, as well as three from St. Johns County.
The business is an agricultural machine shop, which repairs farming equipment.
Exposure to acetylene can be dangerous.
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