{"id":348865,"date":"2025-11-01T21:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348865\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:39:12","slug":"fire-destroys-fredericton-auto-parts-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348865\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys Fredericton auto parts business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire destroyed the Capital City Auto Parts building on Fredericton&#8217;s Alison Boulevard on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Fredericton fire department responded to the call just before 10 p.m. Firefighters from Oromocto and Upper Kingsclear were also called to assist, says Fredericton&#8217;s Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Craig Harnum.<\/p>\n<p>About 40 per cent of the building had visible flames when firefighters arrived, Harnum said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the structure later collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>The fire continued to burn until Saturday morning. The scene was cleared in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Several fire engines lines up with their lights flashing.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762033151_380_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5450643776824033\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Several fire trucks were used to move water to the fire site. (Fredericton Fire Department)<\/p>\n<p>Harnum said the nearest fire hydrant was more than a kilometre away. He said the department had to have eight engine tankers transport water between the hydrant and the site. <\/p>\n<p>He said roughly 32 firefighters were on scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A building on fire, large flames coming out of the roof, two firefighter's standing in front. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762033152_339_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>The auto part business building is considered a total loss. (Fredericton Fire Department)<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Harnum said the fire department is sorry about the loss of a local family business. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just want them to know that we did everything we could,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News reached out to the business but did not hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire destroyed the Capital City Auto Parts building on Fredericton&#8217;s Alison Boulevard on Friday night. The Fredericton fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":348866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-348865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115476612237272137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}