"It was highly, highly smoky. Very toxic-type smoke and we were actually asked to leave our building because of the nature of the smoke being possibly very hazardous," said Molly Gibbs.OKLAHOMA CITY -
Toxic smoke
from a fire inside a metro business caused some evacuations Saturday.
It happened
at a company that actually supplies Oklahoma City Firefighters and Police
Officers with uniforms and other gear.
Still no
word from fire investigators Saturday night on what caused the fire to ignite,
but News 9 does know the fire consumed Special Ops Uniforms Incorporated, which
provides uniforms and other supplies for police and firefighters.
"My brother
was actually working in the back, in the warehouse, with a couple of his
friends and they started smelling smoke," said evacuee Molly Gibbs.
When they
got outside they saw thick black smoke billowing through the front of the
business next door. The fire was already raging, causing power outages and
evacuations for the surrounding businesses.
"It was
highly, highly smoky. Very toxic-type smoke and we were actually asked to leave
our building because of the nature of the smoke being possibly very hazardous,"
said Gibbs.
That's
because of the products and materials inside the building, including heavy-duty
police and fire uniforms.
"It smells
really nasty like melted plastic," said Gibbs.
Fire crews
attacked the fire from the front and eventually ended up on the roof of the
building cutting a hole to help in the attack.
Gibbs
thanks God they escaped the fire with minor smoke damage after seeing the
destruction at Special Ops Uniforms Inc.
News 9
checked in with the fire department Saturday evening and they did not have any
information on how the fire started or how much the damage estimate could be.
