Dozens Of Vehicles Burned In Fairfield Salvage Yard Fire

FAIRFIELD - Firefighters were mopping up after a 3-alarm fire burned dozens of vehicles at a Fairfield auto salvage company Wednesday afternoon.

Dana Bates, the owner of Fairvac Auto and Trucking Wrecking Junkyard at 5016 Peabody Road said the fire appears to have started in a compost pile at the Sun-Ray Landscaping Company at 5044 Peabody Road near her salvage yard.

The Fairfield Fire Department said the fire started around 2 p.m. Bates said she hasn't had time to count the number of vehicles that burned.

"It's over 100," she said.

Bates said she has been running the salvage yard for 20 to 30 years. "The compost is a like a manure fire. There's gas in them and the sun starts a fire," Bates said.

No structures on the auto salvage yard burned, Bates said."I have insurance but they (the landscaping company) will have to cover this," Bates said.

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