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Major fire damages Conyers auto dealership

By Christian Boone
Aug 31, 2009

A fire damaged the service area at John Miles Chevrolet in Conyers on Monday.

There were no injuries.

The Rockdale County Fire Department responded to a 10:20 a.m. 911 call about the blaze, which started in the aluminum service structure, said Rockdale County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Lee.

The fire, which had flames and smoke reaching 10-12 feet, did major damage to the roof of the service area, but was contained to that structure.

By 11:45 a.m., the fire was pretty much out, said Angie Cunningham, who works at Granite Mountain Harley Davidson, a few businesses down from John Miles Chevrolet.

“It looks like the whole service department is gone,” Cunningham said.

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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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