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At least 300 Firefighters battle large warehouse fire in Attalla


Attalla warehouse fire (photo from Lee Workman)
Attalla warehouse fire (photo from Lee Workman)
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UPDATE 5:00 A.M.

The National Guard has been called to assist in fighting this fire.

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UPDATE 1:30 A.M.

More than a dozen firefighters, who have recovered from heat exhaustion, are fighting the same large warehouse fire again according to the Attalla Fire Chief.

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Chief Robert Dillard says crews are currently using tankers trucks from all over Northeast Alabama to contain the fire.

He says the fire began at 12:30 Monday afternoon, and has been one continuous fire ever since. Firefighters from at least 80 agencies are there.

Attalla Mayor Larry Means told ABC 33/40's Byron Khalil that firefighters believe all workers at the warehouse are accounted for.

Mayor Means says one fire fighter suffered an injury due to heat exhaustion.

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The Chief says Highway 77 will remain closed. The water supply has been rerouted


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