A fire at an automobile garage on Feb. 2 at 2151 Bruynswick Road resulted in a total loss of the structure and devastating property damage for all tenants.
Owned by John J Lease Realty, the building had three tenants. Dave Borden was one of those tenants and owned Dave’s Auto Repair and Collision.
A GoFundMe page created by Mike Griffin, Borden’s nephew, states there was an explosion in the shop when Borden stepped out to take a phone call. Borden lost some cars and all of his tools.
Another tenant, Richard Pues, lost a Nissan, a Maserati, a BMW, a Dodge and a Mustang, totaling a half million dollars in property loss, his father-in-law Robert Hall said. The cars were for Pues’ personal use.
He also lost about $20,000 in tools.
“It’s just sickening, it’s devastating,” Hall said.
Donations are being accepted on gofundme.com for Dave’s Auto Repair and Collision. The page had raised $215 of the $8,000 goal as of Feb. 11.