The charred remains of the inside of an automobile repair shop were all that was left Tuesday afternoon after a fire raged out of control and gutted the building on Main Street.
Winston-Dillard Fire District and Douglas County Fire District 2 officials responded to a report of a fire on the corner of Southwest Oak Street and Southwest Main Street. The business, A P Motorsports, was engulfed in flames by the time responders reached the building.
“The fire-response time was way slow because they were out at Wildlife Safari doing a training,” said Jon Snawder, the father of the shop’s owner, Steven Snawder. “So the thing burned for, like, 15 minutes before anybody showed up.
“It’s just a shame. Terrible,” he continued. “Everything’s gone.”
Mark Hernandez, a lieutenant with the Winston-Dillard Fire District, said the cause of the fire was still under investigation but confirmed that the fire had started in the northwest corner of the building.