Apenisa Waqairadovu 
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The National Fire Authority is investigating a major fire at an industrial yard at Auto City Place, off Grantham Road in Raiwaqa over the weekend.
NFA Chief Executive Puamau Sowane says the building, which also housed a lube bay, sustained 80 percent structural damage.
He says the NFA is also yet to determine the estimated cost of damage.
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Sowane says the NFA Command Center alerted at 2.39am ON Friday by officers at the Raiwaqa Police Station about the fire.
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The duty crew at Suva Fire Station responded immediately with two trucks, one of them a 20,000-litre tanker, and eight officers and arrived at the scene at 2.49am to find a complex housing a spare parts shop, a kava shop and a restaurant fully engulfed in flames.
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The Suva crew also received support from Valelevu Fire Station, which deployed one truck and 5 officers, and they established two deliveries of two lengths from their tank supply with a feeder line from a nearby hydrant.
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Sowane says by 3.49am the crews managed to extinguish the fire and stop it from spreading to nearby shops and buildings.
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NFA Chief Executive Officer Puamau Sowane called on building owners and business operators to safely secure their businesses and properties before leaving.
