ABC-7 at 6: Strip Mall Fire

the scene of a fire that’s making it’s way through a shopping center. stormtracker dan martinez lives near the area and was on the scene minutes after the fire broke out. video he captured on his cell phone shows how intense the flames are. also new at six … abc-seven photographer sam smith snapping this incredible photograph .. showing the flames shooting out of the good coffee restaurant. it shows how powerful this fire is. good evening everyone. i’m rick cabrera. estela is off tonight. this fire is still burning right now on lee trevino near rojas in a shopping center called “the trevin village.” it started at about 4:30 this afternoon… and our crews on the scene say firefighters believe the fire began in a restaurant called good coffee. abc-7’s josie ortegon is live with stephanie valle. are back at ten, right here on abc-7. was on the scene as the fire started to grow out of control. he recorded video about an hour ago to give us perspective on how the scene has changed; “”just driving by this area is 5:03 – you can kind of see the smoke behind me billowing out of the building firefighters on scene right now being diverted off the area – that is the biggest concern all across what we are seeing right niw. this is at lee trevino at the rojas area. winds certainly not helping the cause because it is blowing the smoke into the street which is why traffic is being diverted we saw several people rushinhg out of the buildings. this is the shopping point center. here on lee trevino – we are keeping an eye on this and we are keeping you update stay tune to kvia.com i was just driving by this area. heard plenty of sirens around the area. the traffic is a problem for drivers. they are making them turn around on lee trevino. im dan martinez reporting for you abc07” here’s another photo our photographer sam smith shot on his cell phone. again,you see the large flames ripping through the shopping center. also new at six … abc-seven photographer jerry najera was on the scene shortly after the fire broke out. he captured this image showing ;how chaotic and buisy the area will be. again, it’s an active scene tonight on lee trevino near rojas in a shopping center called “the trevin village.” it started at about 4:30 this afternoon..and cotninues to burn. we’ll check back in with our crews in just a few moments. abc-seven is following deveoping news