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SOUTH BEND -- Six area fire departments Friday night battled a fire that destroyed the showroom of Johnson's Workbench, 51315 U.S. 33 N., about one-quarter mile north of Auten Road in Clay Twp.
Clay Twp. Fire Chief Robert Lindzy estimated loss of the showroom would total at least $100,000.
Lindzy said firefighters were likely to remain at the scene until early this morning.
The fire first was seen about 8:45 p.m. Friday by a man who stopped at Morris Video, just south of Johnson's, and told an employee there to call firefighters. Tony Long, who works at the video store, said he walked outside and saw flames creeping through the peak of the showroom roof. Long said after he called emergency dispatchers, "it only took 15 minutes and it was up."