'Stay safe!' Cops, media report 'heavy automatic gunfire' in Ferguson hot spot [photos, Vine]

Both police and reporters are tweeting about heavy gunfire in one of Ferguson’s trouble spots.

https://twitter.com/_nickisfly/status/537108522421723137

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RT @DemondFernandez: We heard gunfire in the distance. Now officers confirm heavy automatic gunfire in the area of Canfield & W. Florissant

— KSDK News (@ksdknews) November 25, 2014

St. Louis County Police are now reporting "heavy automatic gunfire" at W. Florissant and Canfield in Ferguson. VERY dangerous situation.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) November 25, 2014

Cops armored up on West Florissant. Many pistol shots have been ringing out near Canfield Dr https://t.co/ZbDgc97NsM

— Paul Hampel (@phampel) November 25, 2014

Firefighters are being driven out of the blaze-plagued area:

Ferguson Missouri, working fire at Public Storage 9291 W Florissant Ave. FD backing out of area due to gunfire. pic.twitter.com/Pcl9D57bRB

— Metro Fire (@MaFireEMS) November 25, 2014

Citizens are showing their support of the officers on the front lines:

@stlcountypd Stay safe and please let your officers and dispatchers know what a great job they are doing too!

— Just the Facts (@Truth007Seeker) November 25, 2014

@stlcountypd @kmoxnews stay safe Police!

— David (@deerhunterinGA) November 25, 2014

@stlcountypd @KHOU praying for all the police as they deal with this nonsense.

— Irene (@Irene_GoTexans) November 25, 2014

The National Guard can’t get there fast enough.