***  WATCH ***  CREWS BATTLE HEAVY FIRE FUELED BY HIGH WINDS AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT INSIDE HYANNIS COMMERCIAL BUILDING

HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN VIDEO/PHOTO NOTES] – [DEVELOPING] – As you will see in the following HN Video, at around 12:25 a.m. this morning, firefighters and police began responding to 68 Center Street for a report of a structure fire. HN arrived prior to the first engines and found a stiff wind driving thick smoke. At first, it was unsure if the fire was inside the commercial building or whether it was inside the occupied apartments next door. As I turned the corner, I found fire and black smoke pouring from the commercial building. The apartment building was not on fire but the wind was driving thick black smoke and flames across the alleyway towards it. Residents of the apartment building appeared to be evacuating… some went into the nearby parking lot to move their cars away from the fire. As you will see, the steady winds fueled the heavy flames and smoke, driving them throughout the entire commercial structure. [DEVELOPING] [HN VIDEO – PRESS PLAY]