Operations & Training

DeKalb County, GA, Crews Battle Blaze Involving 50-70 Vehicles

Nov. 8, 2024

Explosions were heard as the fire spread in the Lithonia tow yard early Friday.

By Rosana Hughes, John Spink

Source The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)

DeKalb County firefighters battled a blaze in a tow yard.

DeKalb County fire crews are battling a massive blaze at a tow yard just outside Lithonia early Friday morning.

Several vehicles at the South DeKalb Towing & Transport yard along Rogers Lake Road were on fire around 5:30 a.m. Officials have not shared information about what sparked the fire, but Channel 2 Action News reported that between 50 and 70 vehicles were burning.

Greg Warren works across the street from the lot and said he saw the billowing flames when he arrived for work.

“I saw stuff flying in the air on fire,” he said. “It was lots of stuff blowing up. It sounded like a small war zone ... some were lower-tone explosions, some sounded like gunshots, real high, popping sounds. (It) kind of spooked me a little bit.”

The fire remains under investigation.

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