CANTON, Ohio — A massive fire destroyed a condemned apartment building, and firefighters are searching for victims who were potentially inside the building overnight.

Our Overnight News Tracker captured intense flames and plumes of smoke shooting into the sky.

Crews rushed to the area of 5th Street NE in Canton.

They were called here around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday for a fire ripping through a multi-unit three-story apartment building.

With ladder trucks extended in the air—they worked to put out the fire on both the second and third floors—spraying it from multiple angles.

Steve Henderson, Division Chief for Canton Fire, confirms the property was recently condemned, boarded up and had prior hoarder conditions inside as well as structural issues.

"We've known for years this was a dangero

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