Tuesday, February 10, 2015

MASSIVE FIRE BATTLED AT HISTORIC BUFORD, GEORGIA WAREHOUSE. THE CURRENT TENANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT.



 



MASSIVE FIRE BATTLED AT HISTORIC BUFORD, GEORGIA WAREHOUSE.  THE CURRENT TENANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT.








February 10, 2015







BUFORD, GEORGIA:




Crews battled a massive fire at a historic warehouse in downtown Buford on Tuesday.




Gwinnett County firefighters were called to the scene on East Moreno just before 7 p.m. Half of the building was already on fire and flames were shooting through the roof and out the windows.




The 100-year-old building was known as the old Buford Tannery, and was the site of another major blaze back in the 1980s, according to Captain Tommy Rutledge of the Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.




The tannery was partly occupied by American Plumbing and Contracting.  A company representative said they just gone out of business, the owners had retired and they were in the process of moving out.




Firefighters believe no one was inside the building when the blaze broke out.



The cause of the fire is under investigation.