Fire Breaks Out At Industrial Building In Southwest Santa Rosa

A dark plume was clearly visible around southwest Santa Rosa on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out at a large industrial building and destroyed at least two businesses, fire officials said. Around 2:23 p.m., firefighters arrived at a building near the 300 block of West Robles Avenue, between Moorland and Standish avenues, for a fire that began in a building that houses plumbing, heating, metal fabrication and woodwork businesses. Across the parking lot from the building, Jorge Gutierrez, 29, owner of Hexa Motorsports, was alone in his shop when he heard multiple explosions and loud popping sounds. “I couldn’t make it out through the front because cars were catching on fire,” said Gutierrez.