Smithville Car Lot Building Heavily Damaged by Fire

A fire this morning (Monday) caused extensive damage to Chad’s Auto Sales at 415 Dry Creek Road.
A passerby spotted the fire and reported it at 3:58 a.m.
Members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department quickly responded but Chief Charlie Parker says the blaze was well underway by the time it was reported and firefighters found the structure fully involved upon their arrival..
Chief Parker says two or three vehicles in the car lot received some heat damage but were not destroyed.
The cause of the fire is undetermined. No one was there at the time of the blaze and no one was injured.
The Smithville Police Department and DeKalb EMS were also on the scene.