‘We haven’t shut down’: St. Johns County golf cart business owner continues operation after large fire

The owner of the St. Johns County golf cart business that was heavily damaged in a fire Wednesday night said he is continuing operations as the business recovers.The fire broke out at a building that housed golf carts at Golf Carts of St. Augustine off US-1, just north of the St. Augustine Airport, SJCFR told News4JAX.Flames were shooting through the business’s roof when crews arrived.Just before 9 p.m., crews said that they had contained most of the fire, but firefighters would remain on the scene to monitor hotspots and ensure the fire would not reignite.A large plume of smoke was visible from the highway as more than five fire trucks were spotted trying to put out the flames. The St. Augustine Fire Department also responded.“We actually kind of went defensive,” he said. “We went outside kind of putting hose streams from the outside end to knock the initial stuff down, and then we actually took hose lines eventually inside and put the rest of it out.”The damage to the building is not