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Dozens of firefighters battle massive Portsmouth warehouse fire

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Dozens of firefighters from several area departments worked to control a massive warehouse fire at Custom Windows of Tidewater in Portsmouth, fire officials tell WTKR News 3.

The fire was reported at 915 Duke Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Battalion Chief Shawn Teartt, who spoke to reporter Angela Bohon on scene.

Watch: VDOT camera shows massive Portsmouth fire from I-264

VODT camera shows massive Portsmouth fire

Crews from Navy Regional, Norfolk, and Chesapeake joined Portsmouth crews, Teartt said, and Suffolk came in to Portsmouth to support other calls that may come in during this incident.

There is no word on a cause of the fire but Teartt said there were no injuries to citizens or firefighters as of 11:30 a.m.

When crews arrived, they enacted the commercial structure fire incident action plan to try and get the fire under control.

Video from highway shows Portsmouth fire

This story will be updated as we learn more.