August 27th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
An accidental fire on Meyersdale Road north of Grantsville Saturday morning did $40,000 in damage to a two car garage. It took 35 responding fire fighters only five minutes to bring the blaze under control, and it is being blamed on the failure of a refrigerator and its power supply. No vehicles were in the garage at the time.
Date: August 25, 2018
Time: 6:32 a.m.
Location / Address: 1157 Meyersdale Road, Grantsville, Garrett County
Type of Incident: structure fire
Description of Structure / Property: detached two-car residential garage
Owner / Occupants: Tylor A. Kamp
Injuries or Deaths: none
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $25,000 Contents: $15,000
Smoke Alarm Status: n/a
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: n/a
Arrests(s): none
Primary Responding Fire Department: Grantsville
# of Alarms: 1 # Of Firefighters: 35
Time to Control: 5 minutes
Discovered By: Owner
Area of Origin: interior of garage
Preliminary Cause: Accidental – Failure of refrigerator and power supply
Additional Information: No vehicles were parked in the garage at the time of the fire.
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