Joplin Fire Department battles industrial fire at 500 block of S. Tyler, explosions reported

(From the Joplin Fire Department)

More information will be released later, however, we want to just take a moment and thank our firefighters for the work and effort they put in last night on a very large commercial fire that had some dangerous moments. In addition to the commercial fire, two additional structure fires came in less than an hour apart stretching our resources to the limit and all incidents were handled extremely well.

We also want to thank our neighbors Webb City Missouri Fire Department and Redings Mill Fire Protection District for helping keep the city covered.

Finally, a big thank you to Metro Emergency Transport System, for taking care of our personnel in the heat, Joplin Police Department and the local American Red Cross chapter for the refreshments.

(Posted by Joplin Police Department 13 hours ago)

Joplin Fire Department and JPD are working a large structure fire in the 500 block of S Tyler. We are closing several roads in area so that JFD can fight this fire.

Please stay out of area for your safety and ours, there have been multiple explosions heard across town from this fire that have resulted in additional 911 calls from concerned residents.