ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A large fire burned in north Abilene Thursday night.

9:00 p.m. Update: The fire has not been put out, but has shrunk tremendously. The roof and many walls have collapsed.

8:30 p.m. Update: The building has been identified as St. Ann’s Hospital located at 1350 Cypress Street. There is a structure nearby the Hospital that is also on fire.

The Abilene Fire Department has been called out to a house fire near Cypress Street and Cedar Street.

Around 7:39 p.m. a witness on the scene said there are many fire engines and ladder trucks on scene and the fire has spread into the trees.

KTAB and KRBC has a crew at the fire waiting to speak to first responders.

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