7/25/13 - A detached garage fire in downtown Fenton shut down traffic on Leroy Street during rush hour yesterday afternoon. Lieutenant Casey Gilbert with the Fenton Fire Department tells WHMI they got the call at about 4:00pm for a fire in a detached garage on the 800 block of South Leroy, north of High Street. Crews arrived to find the garage fully involved and began a defensive attack to contain the blaze. The garage was a complete loss, and the cause is unknown. There was one resident home at the time, but she was in the house and it was the neighbors who called in the fire. Officials are investigating the cause. Firefighters had to shut down that section of South Leroy Street for about two hours while fighting the fire to allow their hoses access to water. They were assisted at the scene by firefighters from the City of Linden. (TD)
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