PIQUA — UPDATE @ 1 p.m.:
Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm business fire in Miami County.
The fire was reported shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Fox Drive in Piqua.
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Initial reports indicated there was fire visible in the ceiling of the business, Miami County dispatchers confirmed.
Assistant Piqua Fire Chief Timothy Risner told News Center 7′s Mike Campbell that they dropped the third alarm for the fire because size and type of the building. That helped make sure they had enough resources.
When they got to the scene, they saw smoke inside a garage door and fire in the ceiling area.
The building recently switched ownership and there was some material in the building that gave firefighters a little bit of trouble.
“There was some magnesium, possibly magnesium, that was up in the rafters from dust and chips. So when we first got in there, we started spraying water. We weren’t aware of that and that started kind of making things a little bit worse, so we had to switch tactics,” Risner said.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
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