Updated: Firefighters Respond to Town Center Garage Fire Yesterday

Update: Fire apparently started due to a malfunction in the engine compartment of a pickup truck.

Original:

County firefighters responded to a fire at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon in the Town Center garage at 801 Ellsworth Dr., according to Pete Piringer, the department’s public information officer.

Upon their arrival, responders found several cars on fire. Responders searched and evacuated the building as the blaze was being put out.

Five vehicles were damaged but there were no injuries, according to Piringer.

No cause of the fire was released.

Photo/video courtesy Eric Rasch

 

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