Large fire breaks out at commercial linen company in Cleveland

Reporter at News 5 Cleveland

A commercial Cleveland business that handles linen and laundry services burst into flames Thursday morning. Cleveland Fire and EMS surrounded “The CLEan Group” at East 55th Street and Lake Court. According to the company's website, it was founded by former Cleveland Browns player Joe Jurevicius.

"I'm saddened the livelihoods of ALL my employees will be disrupted for the foreseeable future. They've helped be build something that represented Cleveland and the businesses that call Northeast Ohio home. The efforts that they've put in appear to be gone and that stings. I know nothing more than to regroup and come back stronger but this hurts on so many levels," Jurevicius said in a statement."Thank you to the Cleveland Fire Department, I appreciate all of you."A wall of flames could be seen shooting into the sky from nearby Interstate 90.Our News 5 crew saw at least three ladder trucks extended over the roof of the business. #BREAKING: Cleveland Fire responding to large business fire along E 55th & Lake Ct. Avoid area. Stay with @WEWS for the latest. pic.twitter.com/YWLELgndDi — Mike Holden March 7, 2024 Cleveland Fire Public Information Officer Mike Norman confirms the roof collapsed under the pressure.Investigators are working to determine what caused the fire. Cleveland Dispatch confirms fire crews were called to the same business Wednesday morning for a separate incident.Stay with News 5 for the latest breaking developments.

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