Marion County Fire Rescue
Firefighters in Florida on Tuesday night battled a large fire at a feed store that also engulfed multiple tractor-trailers and sparked multiple explosions, officials said.
Marion County Fire Rescue said crews responded to a fire at the Tiz Whiz Feed and Hay store on the 15000 block of NW Gainesville Road in Reddick at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Responding crews saw “a large column of black smoke from miles away,” and arrived to find the store fully engulfed in flames with nearby homes threatened.
As firefighters began to deploy hose lines, “multiple explosions were heard,” the fire department said. Four tractor-trailers on site were also fully engulfed in the fire. Crews from several surrounding stations responded with another 29 firefighters to assist…