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(Photos) Trion Gas Station Destroyed During Early Morning Fire

UPDATE: All lanes of Hwy. 27 in Trion at the Benny’s #1 gas station fire are open. Travel northbound and southbound is back to normal.

From  Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader:Highway 27 at the Selman Drive Entrance is still blocked. No traffic is allowed through because of fire hoses across the highway still may be a little while before we can open the highway back up.


A 5:45 a.m. fire at Benny’s #1 gas station in Trion totally destroyed the building today.

The fire started at the back of the store and spread through the roof, according to witnesses.

Traffic as of 8:25 am. is being directed around the fire. Watch for delays.

1 Comment

  1. judy bridges on September 19, 2019 at 8:52 am

    wow, that’s to bad, Bennys has been there for a long time..!

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