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Halls Motorsports two alarm fire

It was another day of business as usual at Halls Motorsports located at 1520 West I-65 Service Road. Halls Motorsports that sells things like watercraft, motorcycles, and utility vehicles. On Monday 22, 2010 around 11:30 A.M fire broke out inside the business and started to spread quickly so all employees had to exit the building quickly as the business owners profits get burnt up.
 

Monday sometime about 11:30 Mobile firefighters are called out to Halls Motorsports on South I-65 Service Road. As fire crews from different parts of the city neared 1520 West I-165 Service Road smoke could be seen from the distance. The smoke was so heavy that it slowed traffic down that was traveling on the interstate. As crews reported at the scene of Halls Motorsports they were greeted with lots of fire and plenty of smoke.
 

Fire crews were at Halls Motorsports for about 4 ½ hours insuring that the fire was completely out. Owner Trent Hall says he will rebuild but until then he will conduct business at his Daphne store. No civilians or firefighters were injured at this two alarm fire at Halls Motorsports. Click on the links below to view other news reported on this local Mobile business that was destroyed by fire.
http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fire_destroys_local_business/802185/Mar-22-2010_5-39-pm/

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/03/halls_motorsports_fire_mobile.html

http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/UPDATE-Large-Fire-at-Halls-Motorsports-Under/wv16umbTV0-NdnyQtHje2Q.cspx

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Halls Motorsports on South I-65 Service Road. As fire crews from different parts of the city neared 1520 West I-165 Service Road smoke could be seen from the distance.

Slideshow: Halls Motorsports two alarm fire

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Darrell Farmer has lived in Mobile, Alabama for 48 years. He served six years in the Army before joining the Mobile Fire Department. Darrell has been with the department now for over 23 years and intends to work for Mobile until he reaches 30 years of service.

Comments

  • Sherri T-Kaufman County Crime Examiner 2 years ago

    That's too bad, I hate to see businesses going throug hsomething like this in such tough economic times.

  • Emylou Lewis 2 years ago

    How sad.

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  • Lisa Carey-Houston Family Examiner 2 years ago

    We had a car dealership a few weeks ago that went through a massive and very damaging fire. The smoke was seen for miles and need I say what happened to traffic? So sad when whole communities are affected by this.

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