[PHOTOS/VIDEO] Massive Fire in Gloversville

Fulton County Area News video via Facebook

Police are asking everyone to avoid the downtown area.

Update 10:31pm: News 10 reports from the scene that the fire has been put out, all that remains is the shell of the abandoned factory building. 

Update 10:03pm: Photos shared on Facebook by The Leader Herald show the intensity of the blaze. 

Update 9:58pm: Former Gloversville Mayor Dayton King was at the scene and shared the video below on his Facebook page. 

Update 9:54pm: The Daily Gazette reports the fire broke out around 7pm and has even spread to homes and businesses nearby, including a car dealership. Witnesses tell the paper they saw explosions in the area. 

Update 9:48pm: In another video posted on X, user Shane B. Murphy says the building is the long vacant Fownes Glove Factory

Update 9:44pm: Photos posted by FirefighterCloseCall on X show the entire building up in flames. 

Update 9:39pm: According to posts on social media, the building is a warehouse located on South Main Street in the city. NewsChannel 13 says the nearby Fulton County SPCA was forced to evacuate all animals due to the blaze. 

Crews are battling a massive fire in Gloversville, where a large building is heavily engulfed in flames.

Fulton County Area News confirms in a video posted to their Facebook that the building has collapsed.

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is asking people to avoid the entire downtown Gloversville are as firefighters battle the blaze.

 

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