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Salvage Yard Fire Causes $30K In Damage

By Brian Hagen

05/09/2017

Burned vehicles at the Payless Auto Salvage yard in western Jackson County/Photo credit: Jackson Co Sheriff

(KAIR)--$30,000 in damage is the outcome of a Tuesday afternoon fire that spread across a Jackson County salvage yard.

Sheriff Tim Morse says the blaze was reported shortly after 4:00 at the Payless Auto Salvage yard, located at 20849 F. Road, in western Jackson County, where 100 to 115 cars were burned in the fire.

The blaze was brought under control by firefighters around 7:00 Tuesday evening. No injuries are reported.

According to Morse, the investigation reveals the fire started accidentally when workers were using a torch to cut the rear end of a vehicle, with sparks from that work igniting the fire.

The salvage yard is owned by Michael and James Lovorn.

Morse says Fire Departments from Jackson and Pottawatomie Counties responded to the scene--including those from Soldier, Holton, Delia, Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal, Hoyt, Mayetta, Netawaka, Havensville and Onaga. They were assisted by Jackson County EMS.

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