Fire crews fight 3-alarm industrial blaze at Anheuser Busch metal container facility

Posted: Sep 25, 2019 / 05:56 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 25, 2019 / 06:11 AM CDT

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ARNOLD, Mo. – Several crews worked to put out a large industrial fire in Arnold Wednesday morning. The fire sent a huge billow of smoke into the sky.

The call came in at about 3:00 a.m. for a structure fire off of Tenbrook Industrial Court when a worker noticed fire inside machinery. The building is a Metal Container Corporation facility that creates Anheuser-Busch cans.

Fire crews said it took them about two hours to put out the fire.

Fire Chief Jeff Broombaugh with Rock Community Fire told FOX 2 that the company improvements from two years ago made fighting this fire easier. Two years ago the building caught fire twice in less than a month, a furnace was blamed for the blaze.

UPDATE: We just interviewed Fire Chief Jeff Broombaugh. Here’s what we know.

• Worker noticed fire inside machinery at 3 a.m.

• Crews found fire in piece of machinery; haze inside

• No injuries

• Company improvements from 2 years ago made this time easier @FOX2now pic.twitter.com/mpXDp0wksl

— Derrion L. Henderson (@DerrionLH) September 25, 2019

Two years ago, a furnace was blamed for the blaze in both instances. It very well could be the same situation here.@FOX2now is still working to gather more details on the fire this morning.

— Derrion L. Henderson (@DerrionLH) September 25, 2019