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.