'I Was Scared To Death': Neighbors Say Large Warehouse Fire In Marcus Hook, Delaware County Was Intense
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (CBS) -- A massive four-alarm warehouse fire broke out in Marcus Hook, Delaware County Monday night. Firefighters battled the blaze for several hours at the 200 block of East 10th Street.
The fire marks the second warehouse fire this week. On Sunday, a warehouse fire occurred in Port Richmond. Although the Marcus Hook fire started Monday evening, crews wrapped up putting out the fire Tuesday morning.
Firefighter crews from Delaware and Chester counties and New Castle, Delaware responded to the fire just after 6 p.m. Monday. It quickly became a four-alarm fire.
Officials tell Eyewitness News that these types of fires take a while to get under control.
Residents in the area were asked to stay inside until the smoke lifted. They said the fire was intense.
"I was scared to death I could not get to my granddaughter's this morning," Kimberly Pollard, who lives by the fire, said. "I could not get to my granddaughter's last night. Last night, it was full of smoke. We were trying to go straight down to someway to get to her and there was no way to get to her at all. All I could do was make sure they were safe.
At the time of the fire, the building was empty and there were no injuries.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Eyewitness News reporter Wakisha Bailey contributed to this story.