west portal area. this is right next to the west for a station. it is a commercial building not 9 west portal ave.rs are still on the scene as well as mike portal. he has an update. >> for the first time all morning the fire crews have stopped putting water on that building. it looks like it is now fully under control. crews were here just after 5:00 a.m. this morning and raise this to a for alarm fire. there were several crews and it pouring fire on--water on the fire. if they do not what caused it or exactly where it started but it did spread to surrounding buildings. there is a dental office and wine shop on the backside of this as well as apartments that the fire spread to. two firefighters were injured one suffered smoke inhalation and the other cut his hands up and have to get stitches. even if you do not live here you can see right next to the fire is the station here. a spokesperson for the hand as saying there is no word on when this will open up again. there's no word yet. you can take some connecting lines. it has been that way all morning. it has been causing big commute problems for p

west portal area. at 9 west portal ave. it is a commercial building at that address. it broke out just after 5:00 a.m. this morning. fire crews are there and we have a crew headed out. we will give you details from the scene. >> will trget it under control.s house is now completely destroyed. the firefighters are securing the scene to allow investigators to come back later and find out the cause. here is video from for 3:00 p.m.. 20 minutes into the fire and he slams for coming from the back of the house, the side of just about all the sections of the home. a middle-age couple lived at the house. they were woken by the flames in the kitchen area. they manage to get out but they did suffer some injuries. the man h inj6managed the neighbors sprayed the bush is down so they could not catch on fire. with that action as was the quick action from the fire department they managed to contain the fire only to this place. there were no fatalities however there were a few pets inside that died from the fire. there was live ammunition inside the home and neighbors could hear popp