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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Garage explosion results in extensive property loss
A fire at an automobile garage on Feb.
2 at 2151 Bruynswick Road resulted in a
total loss of the structure and devastating
property damage for all tenants.
Owned by John J Lease Realty, the
building had three tenants. Dave Borden
was one of those tenants and owned
Dave’s Auto Repair and Collision.
A GoFundMe page created by Mike
Griffin, Borden’s nephew, states there
was an explosion in the shop when
Borden stepped out to take a phone call.
Borden lost some cars and all of his tools.
Another tenant, Richard Pues, lost a
Nissan, a Maserati, a BMW, a Dodge
and a Mustang, totaling a half million
dollars in property loss, his mother-in-
law Robert Hall said. The cars were for
Pues’ personal use.
He also lost about $20,000 in tools.
“It’s just sickening, it’s devastating,”
Hall said.
Donations are being accepted on
gofundme.com for Dave’s Auto Repair
and Collision. The page had raised $215 of
the $8,000 goal as of Feb. 11.
George Cerillo
A Maserati, BMW and a Mustang were among the vehicles destroyed in a Feb. 2 explosion at Dave’s Auto Repair in Shawangunk.
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