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Eyewitness fire reports: Here’s what people shared from the massive Sugar House blaze

Neighbors evacuated, smoke smell covers Salt Lake City during huge fire.

(Salt Lake City Police Department) Salt Lake City fire crews respond to a massive blaze at an apparently unoccupied, under-construction building in Sugar House early Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Salt Lake City police assisted fire officials in securing the scene.

A massive blaze at an apparently unoccupied, under-construction building in Sugar House kept a lot of people up late Tuesday.

The burning building was just west of Highland Drive, south of 2100 South, and ignited sometime before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Salt Lake City Fire Department.

Below are videos and photos of the fire that people shared on social media.

Go here for the latest news on the fire.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Onlookers watch as emergency crews continue to respond to a four-alarm fire in a new construction of apartment residences in Sugar House, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emergency crews continue to respond to a four-alarm fire in a new construction of apartment residences in Sugar House, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emergency crews continue to respond to a four-alarm fire in a new construction of apartment residences in Sugar House, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emergency crews continue to respond to a four-alarm fire in a new construction of apartment residences in Sugar House, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

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