Surry County trucking company shop catches fire

SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Firefighters brought a large structure fire in Surry County under control on Thursday night.

A Dobson Trucking Company building on Red Brush Road in Mount Airy caught fire. The source of the fire is unknown at this time.

The building that caught on fire houses the trucking company’s shop. The office building is located on Prison Camp Road in Dobson.

The company has 26 employees. No injuries have been reported.

Surry County EMS Chief Eric Southern says 12 departments, totaling 85 firefighters and 14 tankers, were on the scene of the fire.

The call came in around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday and crews had it under control in around an hour, but the scene wasn’t cleared until 2:30 a.m. Friday.

Southern believes the building is likely a total loss. A Pine Ridge firefighter sustained minor injuries but was treated and released.

A residential structure near the fire was evacuated but the fire did not spread to it.

The fire marshal and the SBI are investigating the fire.

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