VIDEO: A fire at 35th Street Antiques in Des Moines billowed smoke along Interstate 235 during rush hour Monday and destroyed most of the building.
The Des Moines Fire Department arrived at the burning building on 35th and Rollins Avenue just after 5 p.m. It said the roof of 35th Street Antiques was ready to collapse upon their arrival, so firefighters had to attack the flames from above and from a distance.
The building contained 35th Street Antiques, two apartments, and a cabinetry workshop. The section containing the cabinet workshop was saved, but the fire destroyed everything else in the building.
The fire department said no people were hurt in the fire, but a dog and cat from the apartments are unaccounted for.