VIDEO: The Fairwinds Treatment Center in Clearwater was evacuated on Sunday morning after a fire broke out, according to Clearwater Fire Rescue. Seventeen residents and five employees were able to get out of the building and fire crews say they believe it started in the kitchen. The fire was reported to authorities at around 5 a.m. and it took two hours to bring down the flames, as over 20 agencies responded to the scene. The middle of the building suffered a partial roof collapse after crews responded to flames shooting into the attic. Clearwater Fire Rescue Division Chief David Kadau told FOX 13 that the middle of the building is a total loss. “As the scene progressed, the fire got worse. We went ahead and changed our mode of operation to defensive. And that’s when we had a partial roof collapse in the center of the structure,” Kadu said.
