'This is the largest fire I can remember in my firefighting career here in Central Indiana,' Plainfield Fire Chief Brent Anderson said Thursday.
cited the distribution center's size at 1.2 million square feet. With a facility that size, this could be one of the largest fires in Central Indiana history.As of Thursday morning, 24 departments responded to the scene to assist Plainfield Fire Territory in fighting the fire, including the Indianapolis Fire Department. Officials have not yet released any information about the scale of damage to the facility, though it will likely be extensive.
Wednesday's blaze occurred almost exactly 132 years after one of the deadliest fires on record for Indianapolis firefighters. when the Bowen-Merrill Company, a stationery and book store, which was located on Washington St., caught fire on St. Patrick's Day 1890. The walls and roof of the wood-framed structure collapsed, dropping firemen into the blaze.National Surgical Institute fire, 1892National Surgical Institute caught fire.
The institute was home to over 300 patients, many of whom were children. The hospital came to Indianapolis in 1869, and was one of the first in the country to treat a variety of congenital deformities like cleft palate, club foot and more. 1892 fire at Indianapolis' National Surgical Institute killed 19 patientsA Halloween tragedy occurred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in 1963, when a gas pipe exploded during a holiday ice skating show.
The explosion killed 74 people and injured nearly 400 more. The event is still the deadliest disaster in Indianapolis history. The W.T. Grant Building, located at 25 E. Washington St. in downtown Indianapolis, caught fire on Nov. 5, 1973.
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