By Marian Accardi
The Decatur Daily
DECATUR, Ala. — No information was available Friday afternoon on the cause or origin of an early-morning fire at a building that housed Decatur Golf Carts on Modaus Road Southwest, according to Decatur Fire Chief Tony Grande.
“It’s likely a total loss,” Grande said. “There’s a lot of destruction there.”
“I don’t have an exact count” of the carts destroyed by the fire, said Zach Johnson, the general manager of the business. “It’s probably close to 70.” About 40 customers’ carts were lost, according to Johnson.
Johnson’s father, Jimmy Johnson, is the owner of the business.
Plans are to reopen in a new location, “hopefully in a couple of months,” Zach Johnson said.
“We’re a custom-build shop. We do sales, service, upgrades, add-ons,” he said. “We do a little bit of everything.”
The business is an authorized dealer for Yamaha Golf Car.
Four firefighters were taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion, and all were discharged, Grande said.
The building, with a metal roof and sides, didn’t collapse, Grande said, but was weakened and had started sagging. In all, six firetrucks responded to the fire, he said.
The business at 3030 Modaus Road S.W. is near the new Austin High.
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