POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A warehouse fire sent black smoke billowing over Pompano Beach on Saturday evening, prompting a large response from multiple fire departments.

Black smoke could be seen pouring into the air as fire crews rushed to the warehouse at 120 NW 15th St.

Wesley Vincent was working next door at a dealership around 6 p.m. when he noticed something was wrong.

“It was worse than this. It was way worse. You couldn’t even stand over there,” Vincent said.

At first, he thought the smoke was coming from a car he was working on.

“I thought it was a car until I looked up and I seen the smoke coming that way,” he said. “And I walked towards it and seen it was bad.”

Cellphone video shows orange flames spreading from inside the warehouse through the doorway.

Vincent said the warehouse was closed and someone used a forklift to break it open. Video also shows someone trying to put out the flames with a hose.

“He tried to take it out with a hose, but we all knew that wasn’t gonna work,” Vincent said.

He then called 911.

Firefighters quickly responded to the warehouse.

Video shows the fire continuing to grow as thick black smoke blanketed the warehouse while a crowd gathered to watch.

“It was like black smoke everywhere,” Vincent said.

The fire prompted a large response, with firefighters from Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue, Fort Lauderdale and other departments responding to the scene.

The cause of the fire has not been released.

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