HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Just before 3 p.m. Thursday, the Hutchinson Fire Department responded to a working structure fire at 1006 W. 4th. The building was utilized for personal storage.

Arriving units reported heavy black smoke pushing from numerous locations within the building. Crews immediately performed an aggressive interior attack in order to locate and extinguish the fire. With zero visibility, supporting truck companies opened the structure to increase visibility through ventilation and to assist with firefighting operations. Fire crews were then able to confine the fire to the area of origin.

No one was reported in the structure at the time of the call, but fire crews completed a primary and secondary search of the structure just in case.

Fire investigators remained on scene to determine the cause of the fire.