UPDATED Wednesday, February 8, 2012 --- 2:55 p.m.
Press Release from the Madison Fire Department:
Fire investigators announced that yesterday’s fire at 4914 Pflaum Road started when gasoline vapors were ignited by a cutting torch. A worker was cutting metal with the torch inside the building. Sparks from the cutting operation ignited gasoline vapors in the area by the torch and the flames quickly spread to a car and other nearby combustibles.
The fire caused $250,000 damage to the auto detail shop where it originated. Minor damage was noted in other businesses in the commercial building. No injuries were reported.
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UPDATED Tuesday, February 7, 2012 --- 3:21 p.m.
Press Release from the Madison Fire Department:
Fire caused $250,000 damage to an auto detail shop located in a multi-tenant commercial building on Pflaum Road this morning. The initial caller reported to 911 that there was a car on fire inside the building. Fire crews were dispatched at 10:25 am and arrived within five minutes. Medic 5 and Engine 5, the first-in units, confirmed that everyone was out of the building and reported heavy black smoke inside the detail shop.
Firefighters used a saw to cut a hole in the overhead garage door allowing them access to extinguish the fire inside. A hole was also cut in the roof above the fire to release the heat and smoke from the building. The fire had spread to a large amount of tires that were stored above an office area in the building. Firefighters had to pull the tires off of the office and remove them from the building to complete extinguishment.
Damage was mostly contained to the unit where the fire started. Other businesses in the building were closed until electrical service for the building could be safely restored.
Paramedics checked two people who were on scene, but nobody was transported to the hospital. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Posted Tuesday, February 7, 2012 --- 11:25 a.m.
Madison firefighters are at the scene of a fire at 4914 Pflaum Road.
The call came in around 10:20 Tuesday morning. A car started on fire inside the building.
The fire is mostly contained, but it had spread to an area where tires were being stored. Crews are watching hot spots in that area.
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