“It sure is a mess, ain’t it?” the operator of Gary’s Auto Sales said Monday after a fire at the Beebe business.
Gary Boskey, who has leased the building at 616 W. Dewitt Henry Drive for three years, said he and two other employees were working at the business Monday morning and saw smoke. One employee thought the fire may have started in the restroom where a portable heater was being used, said Boskey, who sat in the back of a car while firefighters from Beebe, McRae and Antioch worked to put out the blaze.
It was the first fire of the new year for the Beebe Volunteer Fire Department. Lt. Steven Gibson said his department received a call at 10:56 a.m. about the fire. When firefighters arrived, Gibson said they noticed heavy black smoke. No one was injured in the fire and until the insurance company makes a determination, it is not known if the business is at a total loss, he said.