Ross County lost millions of dollars in property after a fire tore through a building used to store large vehicles.
According to Charles Ortman, the county engineer, the fire ripped through a detached building at his main offices Wednesday night. Inside, he said, were five dump trucks, several pickup trucks, welding equipment, mowers, and more; all were a total loss, Ortman said.
The state fire marshal is investigating the fire to determine the cause; a spokesman with the state said investigators remained on the scene Thursday morning and that it is too early in the process to know what started the blaze.
Several fire departments battled below-freezing temperatures well into the morning hours as fuel and rubber fed the inferno.
