Highway 421 near Wilmington temporarily closed due to industrial building fire
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A major road near Wilmington had to be closed for a time Monday afternoon due to a building fire.
Crews with the Wilmington Fire Department and New Hanover County Fire Rescue were on scene fire at an industrial building off Highway 421.
The scene of a fire on Highway 421 (Photo: WWAY)
Officials say they temporarily closed Highway 421 for a water supply hose to be stretched across the road, but it is now open.
The fire started in the 2800 block of US 421 inside a small vacant building on the Colonial Material site in the process of demolition.
Officials say a spark from metal cutting equipment ignited available combustibles when they were cutting the roof off.
No one was injured in the blaze.
