The Greeneville Police Department is investigating a pickup truck fire that burned part of a car wash early Sunday morning on Marshall Lane.
A report filed by GPD officer Stephen Hixson stated that the police department responded to a Greene County 911 call about a vehicle fire at 3:24 a.m. Sunday at Foothills Laundry, just off the Newport Highway.
Upon arrival, the passenger's side of the truck, which was parked in a bay of the car wash, was fully engulfed in flames, and the fire had spread to the ceiling of the wash bay, according to the report.
The Greeneville Fire Department responded and distinguished the fire, the report said.
At 5:56 p.m. Sunday, the truck's owner, Jeremiah Banks, 30, of 210 Back Creek Rd., reported to the Greene County Sheriff's Department that the truck had been stolen.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $9,500.




