Responding to a fire on Eastside Avenue Sunday, the fire department extinguished a garage blaze.
Just before noon the fire department arrived at 284 Eastside Avenue to find a single-car garage on fire, Fire Chief James Bombace said. The one-room structure was separate from the house.
Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire, removed damaged siding, and extinguished all remaining fire behind the siding.
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Bombace said the fire was caused by heated fireplace embers. Placed in a plastic bag inside of a plastic garbage container, the embers ignited causing the fire.
A video of this fire can be found here.
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