Area firefighters battled a massive blaze overnight Sunday at a large automobile auction lot involving 58 vehicles in southern Denton County near Texas Motor Speedway.
Around 1:30 a.m., Denton County Emergency Services District #1 was dispatched to a report of a grass fire at IAA Fort Worth North on McPherson Drive near Northlake. On the way to the fire, emergency crews observed a large column of smoke and flames visible from I-35W.
Upon arrival, firefighters found multiple vehicles fully ablaze.
The Flower Mound, Justin, Roanoke, and City of Denton fire departments, along with Tarrant County ESD #1 (Haslet), were also dispatched to help cover the incident.
All American Towing brought in front loaders to move vehicles and created a fire break along the line of vehicles parked in the lot, according to an ESD #1 spokesperson.
The blaze was extinguished just after 3 a.m. No injuries were reported.
WFAA reported Tuesday that the Denton County Fire Marshal’s Office ruled the fire as an accident, after obtaining video of the fire starting around one vehicle’s battery and spreading to other cars.
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