The Packard Plant is on fire, again!

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It's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. If anything needs to come down, it's this building.

June 28, 2009

Detroit firefighters working on blaze at Packard plant

By BILL McGRAW
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERDetroit firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire tonight at the virtually abandoned Packard plant on Detroit's east side.
Thick black smoke poured out of the top floors of the five-story structure near the corner of Concord and East Grand Boulevard.
Earlier this month when another blaze broke out at the plant, fire officials decided to let it burn. It smoldered for more than 24 hours.
Tonight's fire was more accessible, and it began at about 7:30 p.m., in full daylight.
"If we let this burn, it would burn for days," said Battalion Chief Greg Best.
"It's spreading through the whole top floors."
The plant has 3.5 million square feet of space and is composed of 43 interconnected buildings, all of which are dilapidated and decaying.
Firefighters are called to the plant at least a couple times a month.