BEAVERCREEK — UPDATE @ 8:55 p.m.
The fire inside the Dick’s Sporting Good’s escalator has since been knocked down, emergency scanner traffic indicates.
INITIAL REPORT @ 8:34 p.m.
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Crews are responding to a fire that has started inside an escalator at Dick’s Sporting Goods, reported around 8:15 p.m. at the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek.
Initial reports indicate there is heavy black smoke coming from the escalator.
WHIO will update this story as we learn more.