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Fire at Unique Thrift Shop, No Injuries

Fire at Unique Thrift Shop, No Injuries

Update: The incident is being investigated as arson. From MCFR: “Fire/Explosive Investigators seeking info RE fire early morning 130a fire at Unique Thrift Store on Viers Mill Rd – Anyone w/ any info (saw something suspicious, heard something unusual) Please Call @mcfrs ARSON Tipline 240.777.2263 @MontgomeryCoMD https://t.co/1SjMW81evk”

There was a fire at Unique Thrift Shop in the 12200 block of Veirs Mill Road around 1:30am this morning.

Several Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service units arrived and found a fire involving several mattresses on fire against the building.

The fire was quickly put out and there were no injuries or major damage to the building since the fire was contained to the exterior.

Investigators were also on the scene shortly after the fire was put out.

Courtesy of MCFRSPIO Pete Piringer and Battalion Chief Steve Mann.

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Remember Zayre?

Zayre was a discount store that operated on the east coast from 1956 until 1990. In 1988, parent company Zayre Corp. sold stores to Ames and merged with the TJX Companies, which is the parent company of TJ Maxx.
In MoCo, Towers Mart discount store opened two locations at 12211 Veirs Mill Rd and 10121 New Hanmpshire Ave (Hillandale) back in 1961.
Just two years later, in 1963, both store sites were leased by Zayre and we’re told they even reused the E and R from the sign to make the first Zayre sign.
The Zayre at Veirs Mill Road is now the home of Unique thrift store and the Zayre on  New Hampshire Ave in Hillandale is now home to Value Village.
Ames took over the Zayre chain of stores in the late 80s, but filed for bankruptcy in 1990. They emerged from bankruptcy in 1992 before filing for bankruptcy a final time in 2001 and announced the closure of all stores in 2002.
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