DES MOINES, Iowa — Fire crews responded to a fire at an abandoned building in downtown Des Moines Thursday morning.
According to a lieutenant with the Des Moines Fire Department, firefighters responded to the former Des Moines Public Works building, near Southeast 5th Street and Elm Street, while it was being demolished around 9 a.m.
An excavator was inside the building when a worker reached down, heard a popping noise and then saw flames.
The fire is largely put out as of 10 a.m. Thursday, but the cause of the fire remains unknown. No one was injured in the fire.
The fire department says the fire is not under investigation, as it is a vacant building.
Des Moines police closed part of Southeast 4th Street as fire crews continued to fight the flames. It is unclear if the road has reopened.
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