Fire destroys Geauga County auto body shop (photos, videos)

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - Fire crews are continuing to battle a blaze that destroyed an auto body shop Friday afternoon in Geauga County.

Officials said the fire broke out around 1 p.m. at an auto body shop on Washington Street in Auburn Township.

Bainbridge Township Police Chief Jon Bokovitz said there was a vehicle on fire inside the business.

No injuries have been reported, according to Auburn Fire Dept. Asst. Chief Mike Cardaman, and the fire has not spread to any nearby buildings.

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Cardaman said there were five counties present battling the blaze.

Fire officials will continue investigating.

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