Fire Destroys Auto Repair Business
227 views · Published 2 February 2015 · 2:08 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- A Rutherford County businessman is thanking local volunteer firefighters for their work in stopping a a fire that destroyed most of his auto repair shop. The Ellenburg Garage went up in flames late Monday night. "And the little grand babies come over and stayed all night and they started to bed and they said, 'papa, something's popping out there,'" Jimmy Ellenburg said. When Ellenburg went outside he founds flames shooting from the roof of his garage. Two cars belonging to customers were also destroyed. One of them was a patrol car belonging to the Rutherfordton Chief of Police. Ellenburg says it could have been worse _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
