The Fayetteville Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a car dealership Tuesday night. Assistant Fire Chief Bud Thompson said firefighters responded to the Osburn Motor Co., 2900 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., at 9:32 p.m. after a witness reported smoke coming from the roof of the building. Nobody was in the building and no injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, he said. The fire, smoke and water did an estimated $300,000 in structural damage and another $150,000 to the interior contents, Thompson said. “It was a $2 million piece of property, so it could have been a lot worse,” Thompson said. “I believe only one car ...
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