(This story has been updated to reflect new information given by West Rowan Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Morrison. The story previously indicated that the work involved vehicles and has been updated to say equipment.)

MOUNT ULLA — A fire that involved gasoline almost destroyed a commercial building on Wednesday, according to fire officials.

West Rowan Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Morrison said that someone was working on the property while a trailer with gas canisters on top of it was in the area the building. One of the canisters was releasing fumes. A spark from equipment caught the gas fumes and caused the fire, which accelerated quickly.

Morrison said that he lived nearby, and by the time he arrived the fire had already spread through much of the building. The building was a thin sheet metal, so the fire burned through the walls.

The building is located at 720 Cricket Lane near Mount Ulla.

A WRVFD fire official said that almost everything inside the building was either destroyed or unsalvageable.

West Rowan was the first department to respond to the fire, and multiple other fire departments, including Cabarrus departments such as the Concord Fire Department, responded to the fire to assist. The fire started around 5 p.m. on Wednesday and was mostly extinguished by 6 p.m.

No one was injured in the blaze, the fire official said.