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Oxygen tanks explode during commercial building fire in East Palatka, Putnam firefighters say

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Large commercial structure fire on 207 / Stone Rd.

Large commercial structure fire on 207 / Stone Rd. Large commercial structure fire on 207 / Stone Rd. (Putnam County Fire Rescue Professionals Local 3529)

By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — Putnam County Fire Rescue is responding to a “large commercial structure fire” in East Palatka, according to a Facebook post on the firefighter’s union page.

The post said the three-alarm fire is happening near State Road 207 and Stone Road.

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PCFR Engine 6 arrived and reported “multiple large explosions from oxygen and acetylene tanks,” the post said.

**Three Alarm Commercial Structure Fire** East Palatka ~ Large commercial structure fire on 207 / Stone Rd. Engine 6...

Posted by Putnam County Fire Rescue Professionals Local 3529 on Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Employees of the business were able to get out of the building and are accounted for.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue is offering mutual aid to PCFR and “crews are operating in defensive mode,” the post said.

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