05:36 PM CDT on Thursday, September 15, 2005

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St. Louis (KMOV) – St. Louis firefighters battled a three-alarm warehouse fire near downtown St. Louis for two hours this morning.

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Flames race through the vacant warehouse at 14th Street and Cass Avenue.

Emergency crews were called to the big building near the intersection of 14th and Cass Avenue around 7:30 a.m.

Flames were swirling from the windows and smoke could be seen for miles.

14 pieces of firefighting equipment and 35 firefighters were called to the scene.

Authorities say that the building once housed a trucking company, but is now empty.

Asbestos was in the building and the Health Department and EPA are going through the building to make sure it's safe for firefighters to continue their investigation.

It is not clear what sparked the fire.

There were no injuries.