Roofing Business Office Destroyed by Fire

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Fire tore through the office of a roofing business just outside the Springfield city limits early Thursday, destroying the building.

The fire was reported about 5:00 am at the Teague Roofing Company on Farm Road 115 just south of Sunshine.

Capt. Darren Campbell with the Brookline Fire Department says the building was engulfed in flames when firefighters first got there. There were problems getting water on the flames, Campbell said, when one fire hydrant wasn't working initially.

Campbell says firefighters were also concerned about propane tanks near the building and roofing chemicals stored on the property. But firefighters were able to protect those items from the heat and flames to avoid explosions.

No one was injured in the fire. Firefighters from Brookline, Battlefield, Willard and Ebenezer helped fight the fire.

The cause of the fire is not immediately determined.

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Roofing Business Office Destroyed by Fire