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A large fire at ATV Outfitters on Wade Hampton Boulevard sent clouds of black smoke billowing into the air Friday afternoon. To see video from the fire, click here. | To see images from the fire, click here. | To see video from Sky 4, click here. ATV Outfitters sells ATVs and accessories. The business is located at 3010 Wade Hampton Boulevard, near the Walmart.Truck driver Brad Freeland saw the fire just after it started.“The fire was heavy already, very intense, flames above the building,” he said. “Wade Hampton was shutting down, and I got shutdown. I was in my 18-wheeler.”"I was like holy cow, something seriously was on fire. When you see black smoke that is that high in the air, that big of a cloud, you know something serious is on fire.”Viewers started calling the newsroom and sending pictures of the fire at about 3 p.m. and Wade Hampton was closed in both directions at 3:30 p.m.The highway reopened late Friday night.The fire spread throughout the large metal structure and flames were still visible in the rear of the building at about 4:20 p.m.To see uLocal viewer video of the fire as it broke out, click hereA large pile of tires and other stored materials next to the building was smoldering, adding to the smoke that clouded a large area around the business.A witness told WYFF News 4 that he believed the fire started in a pile of tires on a pallet next to the business, but officials have not confirmed that.To see viewer video of the massive smoke plume, click here.There are homes in a neighborhood directly behind the business that firefighters were keeping a close eye on. They are also hosed down a strip of businesses next to ATV Outfitters.To see more viewer video of raging flames, click hereThere were a large number of firefighters at the scene, and they were being rotated on and off fighting the fire due to the extreme heat. From Sky 4, residents were seen bringing bottled water to firefighters. Firefighters put wet towels over their heads during breaks, and two tents were set up where paramedics monitored them for potential heat-related problems.Wade Hampton Fire Department said they had firefighters at the scene for nearly ten hours.All firefighters were cleared from the scene around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.