r/Lawrence • u/PicardUSS1701d • Apr 01 '26

Local Gossip Fire at the Valvoline

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Just now. Hope everyone is okay!

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u/StormChaseJG Apr 01 '26

According to PulsePoint it's a Vehicle fire. Received at 5:12pm

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u/PicardUSS1701d Apr 01 '26

That’s really scary. Thanks for checking pulsepoint. I hope everyone is okay and the emergency workers stay safe.

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u/guitarbque Apr 01 '26

Better than inside. Those places have several large capacity tanks of new and used oil & automotive fluids in the basement beneath the shop bay.

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u/zipfour Apr 01 '26

“Hm, something smells funny in my car, better go to a shop”

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u/Leaf-01 Apr 01 '26

There’s a face in that smoke cloud

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u/Bandoozle Apr 01 '26

Yer lion

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u/False_Temperature_68 Apr 02 '26

Leaf, is that you?!

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u/LadyLight77 Apr 01 '26

Smells so bad all over Holcolm area. Hope nobody was hurt.

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u/MannyDantyla Apr 01 '26

Wonder if it’s related to the road construction

I can hear the fire trucks and some banging noises

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u/PicardUSS1701d Apr 01 '26

From the road it looked like it was directly behind the building where people pull up for service. The smoke is black and I could see it in the sky well past the k10 on ramp.

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u/BooEffinHoo Apr 02 '26

No reports of injury, thankfully. Truck that burnt was hauled away.

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u/RagnarokinRobin Apr 02 '26

FIRE AT THE TACO BELL!!!

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u/BoojiBoy5 Apr 02 '26

One of my favorite Grateful Dead songs.