No injuries following fire at Preferred Towing Saturday (MI)

[TowNews]

There were no injuries after a fire at Preferred Towing Saturday. 

 

Rescue crews responded to 1313 12th Ave. at about 3 p.m. for a report of a fire, Port Huron Fire Battalion Chief James Hayes said. 

 

A vehicle inside the building caught fire, causing significant damage to the vehicle and items around the vehicle, Hayes said.

 

The vehicle was believed to be damaged in a crash and stored inside the building, he said.

 

There were no injuries. 

 

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 

 

While Hayes said there was minor damage to the building, Preferred Towing driver David Graham said the business is still assessing the damage. 

 

Graham said Sunday the business has not closed as a result of the fire. 

 

Port Huron Township, Fort Gratiot and Marysville fire departments also responded to the scene, as well as Tri-Hospital EMS and Port Huron Police. 

 

Resource LInk

 

Statement found on Company FB Page:

 

As some of you may know, our 12th Ave location caught fire yesterday afternoon. We are grateful to report there were no injuries and everyone was safe!

 

We want to thank Port Huron Fire Department for the quick action taken to extinguish the fire in record time! We appreciate your prompt, professionalism and can't thank you all enough.

 

We want to thank our incredible staff for jumping into action and being wonderful, especially throughout these past 24 hours

 

Lastly, thank you everyone who reached out to see if they could help with anything! We appreciate you all!

 

We are still available to help with all of your towing needs (810)985-4350

 

We are counting our blessings extra, today!

 

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[yoBdaBenO]

Good to hear no one was injured and they were able to get the fire under control.