A late-night fire at a long-vacant former Greyhound bus terminal in St. Louis turned deadly Monday, leaving one person dead and drawing in both fire investigators and the city’s Regional Bomb & Arson Unit, according to the St. Louis Fire Department.
The blaze broke out in the 1400 block of North 13th Street, where arriving crews were met with heavy flames pouring from the building. Firefighters confirmed one civilian fatality at the scene. Officials have not released the victim’s name and have not yet said what started the fire.
The department described the structure as an “abandoned three-story masonry bus station (former Greyhound terminal)” and said crews arrived to find “heavy fire showing from the rear,” deploying two handlines to attack the blaze, as reported by First Alert 4. The outlet also noted the department’s confirmation that “one civilian fatality has been confirmed.”
Fire Response And Scene
In its post on X, the St. Louis Fire Department said crews had two handlines in operation and confirmed that investigators with the Regional Bomb & Arson Unit were on scene. The post, embedded above, shows how seriously officials are treating the incident…