1078 Lone Oak Road - At about 7:10 PM, Wilson County Firefighters were dispatched to a reported detached shop building on fire, with indications from the scene that a male had re-entered the structure. A large column of black smoke was visible from miles away.

Engine-5 (B Shift), under the command of Lieutenant Tamara Felts [703], was first due. Lt. Felts advised upon arrival that she had a large structure, well involved.

The structure was an 80' x 40' corrugated metal structure utilized as an auto repair shop. Inside and adjacent to the structure were numerous vehicles and other unseen hazards.

Firefighters stretched a 2.5 inch handline and went to work on a defensive attack.

Additional responding units included Engine-6, Engine-1, Rehab-23, Middle Tennessee Electric, and the Wilson County Sheriff's Office.

Engine-6 wrapped a nearby hydrant across the street with a single 3 inch supply line and did a forward lay into the scene and began nursing Engine-5 with tank water. Engine-1 arrived just a moment later and began source pumping at the hydrant to boost the pressure for the long supply line.

While two of the Engineers handled the water-supply, the remainder of the crews worked on keeping the fire contained to the original structure. At one point, a container of unknown size holding gasoline ruptured covering much of the building's floor and rapidly fueling the fire.

Several hours would pass and temperatures would drop into the low 40's before the fire was declared extinguished.

Large heavy sheets of corrugated metal covered the structure, and when it collapsed it trapped multiple pockets of fire beneath them, making them difficult and dangerous to access and overhaul.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency, but is reportedly the result of a burn barrel left unattended. There were no injuries to firefighters or civilians.