Fire damages former Mid America Steel building

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fire crews spent Monday evening knocking down a large blaze at the Mid America Steel building in Downtown Fargo.

The call came in at 7:10 p.m. The fire was on the second floor of the vacant building.

“There was a little bit of a water supply issue that’s kind of hampered some of the operations because some of the private hydrants that are inside this facility back when it was originally operating they were not… The hydrant’s not working,” Fargo Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson said.

Moorhead crews were called in to assist.  The Salvation Army and Red Cross also responded.  Xcel Energy was called to shut down power to the building.

The cause is being investigated.