🔥Fire still smoldering days later, forcing 50 residents from homes
🔥Schools closed as officials weigh safety, air quality concerns
🔥Businesses and a music studio destroyed, owners vow to rebuild
BELLEVILLE — Three days later, firefighters are still working on a block of businesses destroyed by fire that started Sunday afternoon at a mattress warehouse.
The fire has closed schools in the municipality for the third day in a row.
Security video from inside the warehouse where the fire started, posted by PIX 11, shows it took 40 seconds for a small fire to cover the entire warehouse floor. The fire started in a corner. Once a nearby worker notices, he starts moving boxes as another worker pours water on the fire…