Fire causes structural collapse in Springfield overnight

SPRINGFIELD — Fire crews have extinguished a large fire at a multi garage building overnight in Springfield.

Initial emergency scanner traffic reported crews going to a garage fire on the 1300 block of Broadway Street just after 1:32 a.m.

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When crews arrived at the scene, they reported seeing heavy fire showing and upgraded it to a working fire.

Battalion Chief Jeremy Linn told our crews that heavy fire damage caused a structural collapse in the building.

An emergency demolition request has been submitted to tear down the building.

One dog has been rescued from the fire, and crews are still looking for a missing cat, according to Linn.

Firefighters had to take a defensive strategy to handle the fire.

Further details have not been made available at this time.

We will update this story once we learn more.

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