The Akron Fire Department will hold a news conference Friday at noon to provide updates on a fire that tore through a chemical plant on Thursday afternoon.
You can watch in the player below at 12 p.m.What happenedAround 1 p.m., the Akron Fire Department responded to a fire on Rosemary Boulevard. Upon arrival, they found black smoke and flames from a commercial building; all employees had been evacuated.The fire involved chemicals such as propane, methanol and xylene, according to Akron Fire District Chief Sierjie Lash, who was concerned about the structural integrity of the building.
Due to the chemicals and the extent of the flames, Akron Fire said fire companies used a defensive approach to battle the fire.'We tried to isolate and mitigate the fire... nothing happened,' Henderson said. 'We had to evacuate the area; we ran out of chemicals to even put on the fire because we were making no headway.'People in the area were evacuated from their homes and businesses after the fire department said a 'small explosive sound was heard from the building.
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