Highland Fire Started In Shop With Non-Working Sprinkler System

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - We are learning new information Monday about a weekend fire in the University of Memphis area.

The building where the fire started didn't have a working sprinkler system.

Firefighters were called to the two alarm fire in the 500 block of South Highland around 4:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Flames tore through a building that housed Signature T-Shirt Shop and Division 9 Flooring.

More than 80 firefighters spent two hours fighting the fire.

Three of those firefighters were sent to the hospital with injuries. They're expected to be okay.

Witnesses said the smoke and flames could be seen for miles.

It was incredible and not in a good way. I mean and it was absolutely just monstrous and when I came back outside for a second you could see the sun was completed backed out because of how thick the smoke was and it kept blowing down the street. It was the craziest fire I have ever seen, witness Alexandra Howard said.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

No word on the cost of the damage.

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Highland Fire Started In Shop With Non-Working Sprinkler System