WAVE-TV aerial shots from Sellersburg. More can be found here.
The video above is from Tuesday in Sellersburg, Indiana. Here are details from the AP:
A fire that started in a bowling alley spread to destroy several neighboring businesses in a southern Indiana strip shopping center.
No injuries were reported from Tuesday’s fire at the Silver Creek Plaza in Sellersburg. Flames burned through the structure’s roof, sending huge plumes of black smoke into the sky.
The cause wasn’t immediately known. Building owner Hellen Bridges says renovation work was being done on the closed Silver Creek Lanes bowling alley about 10 miles north of Louisville, Ky.
The view from the ground in Sellersburg.
Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Department president Mark Ball says the blaze shot rapidly across an attic and had too much of a head start for firefighters to control. The fire also destroyed a bar and grill, a bakery, a sandwich shop and a hair salon.
Click the image for more photos from Fond du Lac’s fire by Justin Connaher at FDLReporter.com.
The second bowling alley destroyed is in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. That fire broke out early this morning. Here’s a story by Russell Plummer at FDLReporter.com:
An early morning fire has caused extensive damage to Last Stop Bar and Lanes — formerly West Side Lanes — in Fond du Lac.
City fire and police departments responded to a call at 4 a.m. today reporting smoke in the area and a possible fire at the business, located at 350 W. Division St. Upon arrival, firefighters found the building interior engulfed in flames and immediately went into a “defensive operation,” according to Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O’Leary.
Firefighters used aerial ladders to battle the fire from the outside. At 5:45 a.m., flames were visible through the roof at both the north and south ends of the building, as well as through a glass door on the structure’s east side, a witness said.
Nearby homes were evacuated, but did not sustain damage.
By 8 a.m., O’Leary said 35 firefighters were on the scene. The fire was under control, but O’Leary said it would be several hours before firefighters and investigators could safely enter the building.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
