VIDEO: Several crews were called to a fire in Des Moines Tuesday night at a building that was under construction.
It’s a project from Youth and Shelter Services that will eventually provide housing to homeless youth in the foster care program.
A passerby noticed smoke coming from a building at Sixth Street and Indiana Avenue just before 10:00 p.m. That’s just north of MercyOne Medical Center.
The main structure was up, but it’s still very empty inside.
“As you can see here, this structure that’s under construction it poses a lot of challenges for firefighters because of the lack of walls and void spaces that are still prevalent. But our crews arrived and did a wonderful job of getting this under control,” said Des Moines firefighter Ahman Douglass.
Crews found flames and a lot of smoke in the building, which spread to the upper floors.