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Weekend fire destroys garage

By Jason E. Silvers
Fort Scott Tribune – January 7, 2014

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Fort Scott Fire Department personnel are looking into the cause of a fire that burned a one-car garage Saturday evening on Lowman Street.

Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou said three FSFD trucks, a couple of staff vehicles and about eight or nine personnel responded to the fire and worked at dousing it for about an hour. The fire broke out about 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a garage behind a residence located at 114 S. Lowman St., near Horton Street.

“A resident in the area saw it on fire,” Ballou said. “It burned one end of the garage pretty good.”

Ballou said it is currently not known how the fire started and FSFD investigators are trying to determine the cause.

Ballou said there was no vehicle in the garage and no injuries were reported from the fire. The garage contained some “normal stuff” found in a garage. Ballou didn’t have an estimate of damages available.

Fire personnel first thought the fire may have spread to a nearby power pole with a transformer but no damages were reported, Ballou said.

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