VIDEO: Only on Action News Jax, weโre getting a firsthand account of what it was like fighting the devastating parking garage fire at Jacksonville International Airport on Friday. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Battalion Chief who commanded those firefighters returned to the garage Tuesday at JIA with Action News Jaxโs Madison Foglio. โMy fire station is over on Main Street and as soon as we got to 95, we could see the column of smoke so we knew we had a very large fire,โ JFRD Battalion Chief Charles Drysdale said. โWeโre getting additional reports of people evacuating, having trouble evacuating. So we knew it was all hands on deck.โ The fire broke out in the south portion of the Hourly Parking Garage around noon on Friday. JFRD and Jacksonville Aviation Authority officials confirm at least 50 vehicles were destroyed as a result of the fire.
