Employees were able to escape a Lamesa business without serious injury after a fire broke out in a utility and electronics room late Tuesday afternoon. Western Finance, located at 1014 N. Dallas Ave., was heavily damaged in the fire which was reported about 5:30 p.m. At one point flames were coming out the edge of the roof at the northwest corner of the brick structure, according to Lamesa Fire Chief Larry Duyck. Heavy smoke had completely filled the building when firefighters arrived. “You couldn’t see past the front door,” Duyck said. Two employees who had been inside the building were able to give firefighters directions ...