ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was found dead Thursday morning after a fire broke out at an auto repair shop in Orange County, officials said.
The fire was reported around 6 a.m. at Orlando Garage Auto Inc. on Grand Street, between Interstate 4 and Rio Grande Avenue near Orlando.
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Orange County Fire Rescue said crews arrived and found “heavy fire and smoke, with exposures to a separate warehouse” before they extinguished the blaze.
Officials said a man was found dead outside. His name has not been released.
Darrell Osborne, who lives nearby, said he saw the flames and called 911.
“It sounded like fireworks going off, a popping sound,” Osborne said. “I went around and looked and it was probably just wires popping and cracking and all of that.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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— Mark Lehman (@MarkLehman6) June 16, 2022
Firefighters and deputies responded to a fire that’s now extinguished at an auto repair shop on Grand St.@OCFireRescue says one person was found dead on the property. pic.twitter.com/lhGkCAEdZy
#BLDFire 1500 block of Grand St. Calls at 6:03am with reports of business on fire. Crews arrived to heavy fire & smoke w/ exposures to separate warehouse. 1 fatality. Fire out. No other details related.
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) June 16, 2022