{"id":304402,"date":"2026-05-07T15:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304402\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:21:26","slug":"57-firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-former-fresno-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304402\/","title":{"rendered":"57 firefighters respond to fire at former Fresno market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 57 firefighters responded to a fire at a former grocery store in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>The fire happened at the old Dollar General Market at Fruit and McKinley avenues around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fresno Fire Department spokesperson Joshua Sellers said.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers said the building is known to be frequented by unhoused people.<\/p>\n<p>Boarded-up windows and other security measures, including doors that had been welded shut, was a challenge responding firefighters faced.<\/p>\n<p>Fire extended into attic, impacting the roof\u2019s structure. Firefighters monitored the building\u2019s structural stability while extinguishing flames.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, and the building was heavily damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EPZ_DOLLAR_GENERAL_02.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"770\" title=\"EPZ_DOLLAR_GENERAL_02.jpg\" alt=\"Dollar General Market at Fruit and McKinley avenues, shown closed with boarded windows, Tuesday, April 14, 2026 in Fresno. Firefighters responding to a fire at the site on May 5 said these security measures posed a challenge.\"\/>                                                                                    Dollar General Market at Fruit and McKinley avenues, shown closed with boarded windows, Tuesday, April 14, 2026 in Fresno. Firefighters responding to a fire at the site on May 5 said these security measures posed a challenge.                                                                                            ERIC PAUL ZAMORA                                                                            ezamora@fresnobee.com<br \/>\n        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of 57 firefighters responded to a fire at a former grocery store in Fresno. The fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-304402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}