Fire destroys garage in Middletown this morning

Middletown firefighters were dispatched at 8:40 a.m. to a garage fire engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Middletown firefighters were dispatched at 8:40 a.m. to a garage fire engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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By Denise Callahan and
July 31, 2019
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Firefighters were able to contain a fire this morning that gutted a detached garage at a home on in the 4500 block of Hannah Drive.

Middletown Fire Chief Paul Lolli said firefighters were dispatched about 8:40 a.m. and found the garage engulfed in flames. A large black plume of smoke could be seen for miles, he said.

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Crews remain on the scene investigating for cause, and there were no injuries, Lolli said.

Witnesses reported the fire melted some siding on a residence about 25 feet from the blaze.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire inside a detatched garage in Middletown Wednesday monring. Crews were dispatched at 8:40 a.m. to a garage engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAF

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire inside a detatched garage in Middletown Wednesday monring. Crews were dispatched at 8:40 a.m. to a garage engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Siding is damaged on a neighbor’s house Wednesday morning as Middletown firefighters battled a fire engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire inside a detatched garage in Middletown Wednesday monring. Crews were dispatched at 8:40 a.m. to a garage engulfed in flames. NICK GRAHAM/STAF

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Credit: Nick Graham

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