Heavy smoke billows from a bay door at Frank's Transmission shop off US-146 a couple of miles south of the Livingston City Limits on Friday evening.
Strange Circumstances in Transmission Shop Fire, LIVINGSTON, February 15, 2014 - Shortly after 9pm on February 14, 2014, a fire was reported to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Firemen and pumper trucks arrived at Frank's Transmissions located at 3905 US-146 South (a couple of miles south of the Livingston City Limits) to find heavy smoke pouring from the metal building. Additionally, Corporal Terry White and Deputy Byron Dunaway (both with the Polk County Sheriff's Office) were dispatched to the scene. Firemen entered the building and found that the fire was coming from a black Pontiac sedan inside the transmission shop. The car had been sitting in the shop suspended in the air by the hydraulic vehicle lift. Firemen were able to douse the fire and save the business. It is not known PolkCountyToday.com what caused the vehicle to ignite (seemingly by itself). The incident remains under investigation. Nobody was injured in the incident.
When firemen arrived, heavy smoke was pouring out from the tops of the shop bays.
Livingston Fire Chief, Corky Cochran, uses a radio to communicate with his tanker truck drivers as they pull in to the parking lot of Frank's Transmissions.
When firemen opened the center bay, heavy smoke poured from the metal building.
Corporal Terry White with the Polk County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation.
The shop itself was not on fire, but rather, a Pontiac sedan that was suspended by a vehicle lift. Had the car fire not been doused, it would've easily spread to the building.
Firemen used a ladder to get a view throughout the interior of the vehicle.
How a vehicle seemingly ignited on its own is under investigation.
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