VIDEO: A massive fire Sunday night at a thrift store shut down a stretch of Broadway Avenue in Riviera Beach.
The fire started at Jesus and You Outreach Ministries in the 2800 block of Broadway Avenue, just north of Blue Heron Boulevard.
Firefighters said the flames erupted just before 8 p.m.
A Riviera Beach police officer who was on patrol in the area saw smoke coming from the building.
Firefighters arrived and found the building was fully engulfed.
Plumes of smoke could be seen billowing into the air for miles. More than 50 firefighters from multiple agencies, including West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach County, battled the flames. "This type of structure poses a significant number of challenges, simply because of the fuel load," Riviera Beach Fire Rescue Chief John Curd said.