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Flames shoot from a garage fire. Photo courtesy Nancy Sears
On Friday, March 31, at 3:55 p.m., Superior Fire Department was dispatched to an active fire in a detached garage on the 200 block of Heiner Dr. Initial reports indicated heavy fuels and propane tanks present.
The first arriving engine was able to stop the spread of the fully engulfed garage fire to the adjacent residence on property and to the neighbors’ yards. Reserve firefighters also came out from home and quickly responded in a second engine to help attack and knock down the fire.
A patient on site received burns to their arm but refused medical transport.
Investigation revealed the cause of the fire was from the homeowner starting a dune buggy in the garage that ignited flammable products nearby. The fire was extinguished with only the garage and part of a storage container burned.
Superior Fire Department personnel clean up following a fire.
Superior Police Department and Queen Valley Fire assisted with the call.
“We would like to remind citizens we are grateful for their intentions to help us on our scenes,” said Superior Fire Captain Richard Drennan, “however, cannot allow non-fire department members to help due to safety and liability concerns. We encourage you to look into joining the SFD as a reserve (paid per call) Firefighter!”
Destruction following a fire.
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