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A north Edinburg commercial building has been deemed a total loss after a fire Thursday evening.
Edinburg Interim Fire Chief Ubaldo Perez said his department responded to a fire in the 1000 block of north Closner a little after 6 p.m. Thursday.
“The commercial building side of it was on fire,” he said. “We had heavy smoke coming from the building.”
Perez said the property was a warehouse connected to a skating rink.
Three people were evacuated from the warehouse portion of the building while 20 were evacuated from the skating rink, he said.
Perez said they were all unharmed.
At 9 p.m., Perez also said no firefighters were harmed.
Flames were visible within the building at that time as a ladder truck sprayed it down.
The interim chief said the building collapsed and seems like a total loss.
“We’re probably going to be here until tomorrow,” he said. “A fire like this, you don’t just send people in.”
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of the chief’s first name.
