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The North Platte Police Department released details Friday morning about a fire that engulfed Vieyra's Metal Works late Thursday.
In a news release, Police Chief Steve Reeves said a man spotted by officers inside the building hasn't been located.
The state fire marshal's agency is investigating.
Reeves said officers initially responded to reports of gunshots near the building at Rodeo Road and Carr Avenue just before 11 p.m.
Officers located an individual inside Vieyra’s Metal Works, near an open overhead garage door, and a small fire inside the building.
When officers ordered the man to exit, he refused and retreated into the building, Reeves said.
The North Platte Fire Department was dispatched and officers secured the building after receiving information that a large amount of fireworks were housed inside.
By 11:50 p.m., the building was fully engulfed in flames.
A firefighter backs off from the heat of the flames Sunday coming from the roof of Romantix, 921 O St. Fire crews responded to the adult novelty store blaze at about 9 a.m. and needed most of the afternoon to extinguish the flames. The building is described as a total loss, but no one was injured.
A massive plume of fire erupts in front of Lincoln firefighters Nick Thill (left) and Mark Sullivan moments after Sullivan ventilated the roof with the blade of his chainsaw at a working fire at 1717 A Street in Lincoln on Wednesday evening, April 6, 2011.
With a fire hose at the ready, Lincoln firefighters look over the underside of a pickup truck which rolled over at the intersection of 16th and L Streets Monday afternoon, April 11, 2011. The scanner call mentioned there was leaking gasoline. One person was taken away on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Marie Yost (left) and Nancy Harter (right) watch from the median on O Street as Lincoln firefighters pour water on the smouldering remains of the Lincoln Public Schools adminstration building on Tuesday morning, May 31, 2011. Harter, who worked in the building for 11 years, said a supervisor contacted staff at 6 a.m. to let them know of the fire.
Heavy smoke envelopes the house fire at 236 S. 27th Street as Lincoln firefighters apply water to the attic fire on Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2011.
Lincoln Firefighter Nancy Engelbrecht (right) attempts to comfort Shari Elder as Elder watches smoke pour from the apartment building where she lives on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 27th and Randolph streets.
Protected against the 1600 degree temperatures emanating from the fire pit, Dorchester Vol. Fire Dept. firefighter Brant Pracheil tosses the Stars and Stripes into the flames on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, during a flag retirement ceremony at the Dorchester American Legion Post 264. A total of 1957 unserviceable flags from the communities of Dorchester, York, Fairmont, Lincoln, Wilber, Fairbury and Crete were retired from life during the ceremony.
The Stars and Strips opens to the swirling wind from the ladder of Lincoln Fire & Rescue Truck 1 on Friday, March 31, 2017, during the bridge dedication ceremony for Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger at the Spirit of '76 Armory.
Surrounded by black smoke, a Lincoln Fire Department firefighter uses a pike pole to open the porch ceiling at the scene of a house fire on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at 1800 Euclid Avenue.
Matt Barnard, with Beatrice Rural Fire District, uses a torch to spread flames during a prescribed burn of 45 acres of the prairie at Homestead National Monument of America on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue teams help Alex Lekai and his mother, not pictured, evacuate from her south bottoms home on Thursday, May 7, 2015.
Cuddling her grandson's dog Milo, homeowner Deborah Ganz is consoled by a neighbor as she watches her garage burn on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in west Lincoln.
A Lincoln firefighter directs his hose on the roof of La Mexicana Market & Restaurant, 17th and P Streets, on Monday, April 13, 2015.
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As volunteers searched an area near his property for Linda Dillard, who has been missing since June 16, James Money told the Journal Star he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
Janet Franks died on Oct. 23, 2021, at the age of 59, two years after her abusive ex-husband set her on fire. Her name was added to the list of Nebraska's domestic violence homicides.
State Patrol investigators discovered several firearms missing from the Minatare Police Department and allege Bryan Martinez sold three weapons to a local pawn shop.
Craig Schmeckpeper is accused of grabbing an elementary student out of line during physical education class, pinning the child’s arms behind his back and telling other students “Free hits as you go by."
Donald Anthony is accused of killing Said Abdullahi Farah on Feb. 15 in a Grand Island apartment complex.
A teen accused of sexually assaulting and fatally stabbing a 61-year-old Omaha woman now also faces a charge in a burglary that authorities say he committed in 2019.
After federal agents first tried to contact Fortenberry at his Lincoln home in 2019, the congressman called the then-Lincoln police chief. Fortenberry said he was concerned for his family's safety.
Wade Sluka, the Fillmore County Board chairman, said the the county board met Tuesday and opted to retain Steve Julich as sheriff as the investigation continues.
A Los Angeles doctor who funneled money from a Nigerian billionaire to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry recalled receiving a brown bag with $30,000 — and accidentally leaving it in his car when he went to lunch.
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