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The only auto dealer in town

About 12:20 today the only auto dealer in town, Riverside Auto, had an electrical fire start in the attic above the second floor offices. It went from smoke to almost the enitre top floor in flames in less than ten minutes.
When Stacy came in and told me about it I got my camera and went up to the roof of the Post Office and got these as well as others of the fire.
Last year when I bought my Solsice it was in the showroom which was the bottom floor at the entrance there. There were vehicles inside that if not damaged by the fire were surely damaged by all the water to put it out.
Even standing this far away there was a lot of heat from the fire. Power lines were on the ground and the "pot" at the top of the power pole also started arcing.
Since it was the only dealer this far North it sold and worked on all the American brands. With the problems GMC has had and as far as GM goes our dealer will be covering them until the end of 2010 then it becomes a Dodge and Chrysler dealer only.
I have been told though that since we bought the Solstice there they'll still work on it for the life of the extended warranty we got when we bought the car.

A hot suumers day, muggy with a lot of smoke already in the area from all the fires in Canada that are going on right now.
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