Here are excerpts from an article from WREG-TV:
Two Memphis fire fighters were injured battling the massive fire at the old Headquarters Club at Porter and Crump.
The Headquarters Club was once the “headquarters” of a notorious gang and where a well known gang leader was murdered.
The building was already an inferno when fire fighters arrived on the scene at around 3:30A.M (Thursday).
In fact, fire fighters kept their distance and fought the blaze from above and well away from the building concerned the two story structure might collapse at any time.
“Not only did the front wall collapse, but also that top floor and the roof area,” said Lt. Wayne Cook.
Two fire fighters were sightly injured. One received cuts to his face when he was hit by a stream of water.
The headquarters night club had been vacant since the late 90’s.
The owner closed the club in 1999 after George Hughlett, the leader of the Lemoyne Gardens Mafia, was gunned down outside the business.
Police say the club was a well known hang out for the gang that was active in the city until about 2006.
