Crime & Safety

Business Gutted in Morning Fire

Cherokee firefighters were notified of the blaze at Vince Merolla Enterprises, 3440 Sixes Rd., at 5:10 a.m., Battalion Chief David Tilson said.

A Sixes Road business that also served as the meeting place for a local church was gutted in an early morning fire.

was notified of the blaze at Vince Merolla Enterprises, 3440 Sixes Rd., at 5:10 a.m., Battalion Chief David Tilson said. The facility also housed River Church.

"When we arrived," he said, "we had about 30 percent involvement. We had two separate collapses on the structure."

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Crews are expected to be on the scene until about 9:30 a.m., Tilson said.

"Right now," he said, "we're in the salvage and overhaul mode."

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Officials closed down northbound Sixes Road from Ridge Road to Bells Ferry Road for a couple of hours.

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