Warehouse fire

-Messenger photo by Peter Kaspari

Flames shoot out of the roof of the building at 1520 Central Ave. Monday afternoon. Assistant Fort Dodge Fire Chief Lenny Sanders said the the building was used for tire storage. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

-Messenger photo illustration by Joe Sutter

Fort Dodge and Webster City firefighters line up along Central Avenue to fight a massive warehouse fire, in this image made from multiple photos. Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Sanders said crews will be on scene for hours as tires inside continue burning.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson

A Fort Dodge firefighter works atop Ladder One at a large warehouse fire Monday afternoon. Tires and foam insulation inside the building contributed to the thick black smoke.

-Messenger photo by Brandon L. Summers

Smoke seen from Central Avenue, at Fourth Street.

-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter

Fort Dodge police adjust barricades along Sixth Street, while down the street Fort Dodge's Areal One fire truck, a smaller and older model than the ladder truck used in front, trains a stream of water on the burning warehouse. Buildings were evacuated for two blocks to the east where smoke was blowing, due to the smoke.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson

A Fort Dodge firefighter prepares to climb the ladder truck to combat the warehouse fire Monday. Fire crews were on scene by 1:10 p.m., and were later joined by a similar ladder truck from Webster City.

-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter

A Fort Dodge firefighter trains a water jet on the burning warehouse Monday.

-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter

The Webster City Ladder truck, closer, and Fort Dodge ladder truck provide water from high up, as firefighters convene at the scene to the right. The warehouse was in the same building as the Fort Dodge school baseball building the Bat Cave.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson

Fort Dodge firefighters confront thick black smoke at a burning warehouse, framed by the lamp post and flagpole along Central Avenue. Much of the ceiling and wall has collapsed in this photo.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson

The Webster City ladder truck, shown here, joins Fort Dodge fire trucks in battling a huge warehouse fire at the corner of Central Avenue and 15th Street. Two blocks to the east were evacuated due to toxic smoke coming from burning tires and insulation inside the building

-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter

As a Fort Dodge firefighter trains water on the fire from the ground, the Webster City ladder truck assists in the background. Fire crews traded off to help cope with the extremely cold weather.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson

A group of firefighters adjust air packs next to a collection of tools as they prepare to engage the fire.

-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter

Fort Dodge firefighters battle the blaze from the ground and from high above the burning warehouse's wall on the ladder truck, at left.