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AFD fights major fire at auto body shop overnight

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire Department crews fought a large fire overnight in southeast Austin.

AFD said on X at 10:57 p.m. Thursday it was responding to a structure fire in an auto body shop in the 10200 block of FM 812, which is by the intersection of FM 973.

AFD said the fire had extended to a second alarm for additional resources as firefighters responded.

The department said the fire was out shortly before midnight.

One firefighter was transferred to Austin-Travis County EMS for patient care, according to AFD’s posts. Their condition was not made clear.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.

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