Fort Worth firefighters respond to elevator fire, find man juggling flaming batons

Firefighters responding to a grain elevator fire Sunday night opened the doors to find a man juggling flaming batons, Fort Worth fire spokesman Lt. Kyle Falkner said.

The Engine 10 crew got a 911 call around 7 p.m. reporting a fire on the eighth floor of a building off West Dickson and Hemphill streets, Falkner said.

“When they got up there they saw a guy juggling flaming batons in the grain elevator,” Falkner said.

He said the man didn’t have a reason to be there.

“They put his torches out,” he said.

Falkner said there was no damage to the building.

Fort Worth police did not have any reports of arrests or officers sent to the location, said Cpl. Tracey Knight, a police spokeswoman. —Monica S. Nagy

This story was originally published January 3, 2016 at 9:59 PM with the headline "Fort Worth firefighters respond to elevator fire, find man juggling flaming batons."