Fire guts tire shop in South Union
A fast moving fire ripped through a South Union Township tire shop this afternoon, gutting the single-story business on Route 21 opened just three months ago by a Greene County man.
Alfredo Contreras said he was changing the fuel filter on his Mercedes around 3 p.m. when a small amount of fuel spilled onto the floor of his shop, Continental Automotive and Tire.
Contreras said that as he continued to work on the vehicle some of the fuel trickled to a kerosene heater in the corner of the building, igniting the gas and then causing the car to burst into flames.
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