VIDEO/PHOTOS: Fort Wayne firefighters were sent to a strip mall on Illinois Road early Friday to put out a bush that had caught fire. A driver passing by just before 3:30 a.m. noticed the bush on at the Shoppes of Illinois Road fire and called 911.
At itโs peak, flames were shooting about 15 feet in the air. None of the businesses in the complex at 5129 Illinois Road were threatened, but crews were concerned about the proximity of the fire to nearby power lines. Firefighters were able to put the fire out in less than five minutes. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire.
