A massive apartment fire has been burning in northwest Oklahoma City since early Tuesday evening. Around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, crews responded to a fire at The Canton at Classen Curve near Northwest 63rd Street and Grand Avenue near the Nichols Hills area. The fire continued into Wednesday, and crews are still battling flames as of 8:45 a.m. as they spread to nearly the entire complex.
Authorities said they cannot get a handle on the fire mainly because of the size of the building.
Crews have dumped more than 2 million gallons of water on the fire.
Battalion Fire Chief Benny Fulkerson told KOCO 5 rubber materials on the roof caused the fire to spread, and crews have had issues putting out the flames. Flames reached the lower floors, and authorities are worried more of the building will collapse.
