NAMPA, Idaho — No one was hurt when a massive fire broke out Wednesday morning at a Simplot building in Nampa.
The fire started at about 9:50 a.m. at the site on Middleton Road, off of I-84.
Nampa Deputy Chief Ron Johnson said the fire was well underway when ther first firefighters arrived.
"They arrived to find black smoke coming from multiple openings in the building," he said. "It's a building that is under demolition of the equipment inside, its not occupied."
Workers who were removing equipment from the building noticed the fire and dialled 911, Johnson said. All of them got out of the building safely before the fire spread.
Nampa Fire called for a second, then a third alarm as they battled the blaze, bringing additional crews from Boise, Meridian, Star, Eagle, and Caldwell to help.
Damage to the building's interior is "extensive," Johnson said.
"There is a lot of damage to the remaining equipment," he said. "There is damage to the roof structure, there was fire up in some of the void spaces up there."
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
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