TAMPA, Fla. — Firefighters brought a heavy commercial fire under control Saturday afternoon after flames broke out through the roof of a vacant building at Weinberg Village on the Jewish Community Center campus.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue dispatchers received a 911 call from a bystander at roughly 4:17 p.m. reporting visible smoke and flames rising from the roof of the property at 13009 Community Campus Drive.
First-arriving units pulled up to the location within eight minutes and confirmed an active fire throughout the structure. Because of the building’s large footprint and potential fire load, the incident commander quickly called for a second alarm. Officials upgraded the response to a third alarm shortly after, bringing extra crews, engines, and specialty equipment from across the county…