Phoenix firefighters were called out early Saturday morning after flames and heavy smoke were reported coming from a commercial building near 7th Avenue and Deer Valley Drive.
According to the Phoenix Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 6 a.m. Saturday, December 20, after multiple callers reported smoke coming from the structure. The building houses four businesses, including a printing press, a landscaping company and a garage door company.
Firefighters arrived to find active fire and smoke and immediately went into a defensive operation, Phoenix Fire officials said. Crews used ladder trucks to attack the fire from higher elevations while working to extinguish remaining hot spots…