Firefighters extinguish tire fire at Riverview welding shop

By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 10:10 AM

Firefighter Gene Mulholland, right, and members of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue engine 12 dowse a fire which engulfed a pile of insulation and tires at a truck and heavy equipment salvage yard at 8012 S. 78th St. in Riverview Wednesday morning. The fire was quickly extinguished, but forced the closure of S. 78th St. for more than an hour.
	[STEPHEN J. CODDINGTON, Times]

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RIVERVIEW — Hillsborough County firefighters extinguished a blaze Wednesday morning at a Riverview welding shop involving tires.

The call came in about 9:15 a.m. from 78th Street near Falkenburg Road. Four fire engines responded, and firefighters quickly brought it under control, according to Hillsborough Fire Rescue reports.

One person might have suffered minor burns, but no one was hospitalized.

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