VIDEO: Crews battled what fire officials called a challenging fire Tuesday into Wednesday at a storage facility in Rochester Hills. A person driving by Sto-Away Self Storage on John R just south of Avon saw the flames and smoke around 9 p.m. Tuesday and called 911.
As of Wednesday morning, the fire is out, but it took many firefighters to get to that point. At one point, around 55 firefighters were battling flames as they worked to contain the fire, which they did.
“This building was challenging due to the internal configuration of the building,” said Rochester Hills Asst. Fire Chief Ann Echols.
According to Echols, the building has both internal and external units, which added to the difficulty in fighting the fire. Additionally, metal components of the building retained heat, forcing firefighters to attack the fire from outside.
