ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The day after putting out a fire at an abandoned bowling ball factory in Jennings, fire crews were again called to the scene.
The fire rekindled Friday morning and was upgraded to a second alarm shortly after 8 a.m.
At this time, there are no evacuations, though the St. Louis County Police Department asked people to avoid the area.
Emergency crews lifted an evacuation order Thursday in north St. Louis County, allowing people near the abandoned bowling ball factory to return to the area after a fire started in the building, creating a potentially dangerous hazmat situation.
Firefighters were called at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to the 8700 block of Xograph Avenue, which is in Jennings in north St. Louis County, for a report of a fire in a warehouse.
The fire is inside an old bowling ball factory that has been abandoned since 2018. The resins and some other materials that were used to make the balls created a hazmat situation, Riverview Fire Department officials told 5 On Your Side.
A mandatory evacuation was issued at the Buzz Westfall shopping center plaza at Lucas-Hunt Road and West Florissant Avenue. A voluntary evacuation was underway for areas east of Lucas-Hunt between Xograph Avenue and Hord Avenue.
The Florissant deputy fire chief said there weren't toxic levels of the dangerous materials in the smoke that they knew of, but all smoke is inherently toxic, so crews evacuated the area until the Environmental Protection Agency could give the all clear.
The building is 1,000 square feet and has one story above ground and two levels underground. Firefighters were working to put out hot spots in some of the levels below ground.
Firefighters attacked the flames from outside the building and by using ladder trucks. Upwards of 20 fire departments responded to the scene, including Riverview, Metro North Fire, Ferguson, Hazelwood, St. Louis and Metro West Fire Protection District.
North County Fire and Rescue officials described the fire as an "extremely complex and large scale fire and Hazmat situation."
This is a developing story that will continue to be updated as 5 On Your Side confirms more information.