NITRO, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Some quick thinking by a group of neighbors helped minimize the damage to a garage fire in Kanawha County.
According to the Nitro Fire Department, the fire occurred at 107 Walker St in Nitro Thursday afternoon.
Prior to the fire department arriving on the scene, Nitro Fire Chief Casey Mathes said “next-door neighbors to the home, saw the fire and started fighting the blaze, which was mostly exterior, with a garden hose. They probably saved the garage with their neighborly act.”
When the firefighters arrived, it didn’t take them long to finish extinguishing the blaze and kept the majority of the damage to the exterior.
There was minor damage inside but Mathes says “very little”. There were no injuries reported and the cause of the blaze was determined to be caused by a battery exploding.