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Massive fire tears through Amazon distribution center and collapses

by Gennie Black (2020-07-01)


A massive fire destroyed a Southern California distribution facility that was used to ship items to Amazon customers on Friday morning. 

Incredibly there were no injuries and as 40 workers ran for their lives as the warehouse collapsed in the blaze. Should you liked this post along with you desire to acquire more details relating to solving roof leak problems i implore you to stop by our web page.  

Half-a-dozen fire departments were unable to stop flames from destroying the sprawling structure in Redlands, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. 

A fire tore through an Amazon Distribution Center in Redlands, California on Friday morning while people were working inside

There were about 40 employees inside when the fire broke out but all of them managed to escape without injury

Video from the scene showed huge flames and plumes of black smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air

Amazon said the warehouse is operated by a third-party company called Kuehne and Nagel which specifically helps Amazon ship very large items

Thick plumes of smoke could be seen coming out of the building in Redlands, California, as firefighters battled the flames

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