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16 vehicles burn at west side auction house

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A fire at an auction house on the west side of Indianapolis involved 16 vehicles Saturday afternoon, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.

Firefighters responded to Copart Auction House in the 4000 block of Office Plaza Boulevard at 2:45 p.m.

The fire was under control by 3:15 p.m. It caused $50,000 worth of damage to the used vehicles.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

No one was hurt.

Copart Auction House has been in operation at that location since 1996. It’s surrounded by a 7,000-volt electric fence.