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Fire destroyed Paul’s Garage in Waymart early Tuesday morning.
First on scene, Waymart Fire Chief Tom Derrick says the garage was fully involved when he arrived around 2 a.m., but hadn’t yet spread to the office area. Based on how hot things were burning, the Chief said he knew they weren’t going to be able to save the building.
A dozen fire companies responded from Wayne, Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties, along with Waymart Volunteer Ambulance. The blaze was called in by a neighbor, awakened in the early morning hours by what sounded like an explosion in the garage.
The Chief says they battled the blaze for about two-and-a-half hours, before finally bringing it under control. “It’s a metal building and held a lot of heat,” he said via phone Tuesday morning. The building was a total loss along with several cars inside.
Derrick says a state police Fire Marshal was called to the scene to try and determine the cause of the consuming blaze.
Fire destroyed Paul’s Garage in Waymart early Tuesday morning.
First on scene, Waymart Fire Chief Tom Derrick says the garage was fully involved when he arrived around 2 a.m., but hadn’t yet spread to the office area. Based on how hot things were burning, the Chief said he knew they weren’t going to be able to save the building.
A dozen fire companies responded from Wayne, Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties, along with Waymart Volunteer Ambulance. The blaze was called in by a neighbor, awakened in the early morning hours by what sounded like an explosion in the garage.
The Chief says they battled the blaze for about two-and-a-half hours, before finally bringing it under control. “It’s a metal building and held a lot of heat,” he said via phone Tuesday morning. The building was a total loss along with several cars inside.
Derrick says a state police Fire Marshal was called to the scene to try and determine the cause of the consuming blaze.
