The blaze broke out inside the former Reydel Volkswagen of Linden on East Elizabeth Avenue at around 6:35 a.m. Friday.
It quickly went to three alarms.
Video from NewsCopter 7 showed heavy flames engulfing the building.
A column of thick, black smoke could be seen for miles around.
Multiple firefighting units were on the scene as the fire threatened to spread to a storage facility next door.
No injuries have been reported.
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