{"id":183246,"date":"2026-03-08T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183246\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:06:09","slug":"no-injuries-following-marathon-gas-station-fire-on-west-orange-ave-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183246\/","title":{"rendered":"No injuries following Marathon gas station fire on West Orange Ave Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2014 A Marathon gas station on West Orange Avenue sustained significant damage and is considered a total loss after a fire early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Fire Department responded to the commercial building fire at 3:14 a.m. In a press release, TFD says the business was closed and unoccupied at the time. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772982368_65_.jpeg\" alt=\"marathon fire2 3_08_26.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"957\"\/><\/p>\n<p>City of Tallahassee Fire Department <\/p>\n<p>When crews arrived, the single-story building was fully involved in fire. Due to concerns about structural stability, firefighters initially operated in a defensive attack from the exterior before gaining limited access to the structure as conditions improved. The fire was brought under control within an hour. No neighboring businesses were impacted.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772982369_978_.jpeg\" alt=\"marathon fire4 3_08_26.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"958\"\/><\/p>\n<p>City of Tallahassee Fire Department <\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Police Department assisted by shutting down portions of West Orange Avenue for hydrant access. City of Tallahassee Utilities and Leon County EMS also assisted on scene.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2014 A Marathon gas station on West Orange Avenue sustained significant damage and is considered a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,855,86320,232,16817,234,233,562],"class_list":["post-183246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-fire","tag-marathon-gas-station","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-fire-department","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-wtxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}