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UPDATE: Press release from EAFD (Friday 11:39 p.m.)

East Alabama Fire District received the report of a structure fire at the commercial business of Express Oil around 8:45 pm on Friday night. EAFD units arrived on scene within minutes, to find heavy smoke coming from the business. Entry was made by crews and an interior fire attack was initiated, and the fire was extinguished. The structure received heavy smoke damage throughout, with the fire damage contained to a small area of the business. There were no injuries reported. The cause is under investigation.

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East Alabama Fire and Valley Police Department are currently on scene at Express Oil Change located on 20th Ave in Valley, AL. According to Stacey Shirey, with Valley PD, a car that was on a lift caught fire which caused the building to catch fire. The cause of the fire is currently unknown and the extent of the damage caused by the fire has yet to be determined.

The business had opened on July 23. While the car that caught on fire was in the south bay, power was throughout the building, necessitating backup generators.

More information will be released as it becomes available.