Crews battle 3-alarm fire at historic Cantina Cadillac
FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) - Crews are battling a three-alarm fire in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards Saturday night.
CBS News Texas crews at the scene say dozens of Fort Worth Fire Department units are fighting the fire at Cantina Cadillac, located in the 100 block of West Exchange Ave.
MedStar is also on the scene. According to FWFD, there were 15 people inside and all were evacuated safely. No injuries have been reported.
The Public Information Officer with the Fort Worth Fire Department Craig Trojacek said around 8 p.m. crews were returning to the fire station from another call when they saw the Cadillac Cantina was on fire.
Trojacek said they immediately called for additional units.
Ruth Hooker owns Hooker's Grill in the Stockyards, about half a block from the Cantina Cadillac.
She said she was cooking and looked out the window to see smoke. Hooker said when she first walked out to see what was causing the smoke, it looked like only the back of the Cantina Cadillac was on fire.
"Sadly, that is not the case," said Hooker. "I know the owners of the Cadillac, so it's a sad day for the Stockyards."
Hooker said it didn't take long for the Fire Department to get to the scene, but the fire got "pretty big, pretty fast."
The fire is mostly out at 11 p.m.; however, hot spots continue to reignite.
"Anytime we have a building of this size in the heart of the city it's going to cause a big scene and get a big response," said Trojacek.
Trojacek said some portions of the building have collapsed and crews are still inside the building trying to determine where and how the fire started.
Crews from River Oaks and Saginaw also responded.
The fire remains under investigation.
This is a developing story.
