Update:
The call reporting a structure fire in a garage off Raynor Court in Alcona came in at around 7 p.m. on Jan. 15.
Firefighters arrived to find a detached three-car garage, approximately 20 metres from a home, fully involved and with flames shooting through the roof.
There was no damage to the nearby home, noted Deputy Fire Chief Tim McCallum, but it was a different story for the garage.
“Unfortunately, the building and the contents are a complete loss,” he said, estimated the damages at approximately $400,000.
Investigators were sifting through the burnt-out shell, and planning to bring in heavy equipment to move debris to facilitate the investigation.
At this time, there is no known cause of the fire.
“There’s no reason to think it’s suspicious," McCallum said.
He noted that none of the three fires this past week appear to involve any foul play. The cause of the blaze in Lefroy on Jan. 11 remains undetermined, but a fire in a Gilford garage the next day has been traced to a space heater.
Original story:
For the third time in a week, Innisfil firefighters were called out to a structure fire in a local garage.
Early Friday evening, crews arrived at a residence off Raynor Court in Alcona to find the detached garage on fire with flames shooting through the roof.
Firefighters doused fire, deploying an aerial ladder truck in the parking lot of the adjacent Home Hardware store to extinguish still-smouldering hot spots.
On Jan. 11, Innisfil Fire & Rescue was called to garage fire on Ewart Street in Belle Ewart, while on Jan. 12 firefighters responded to a blaze in an attached garage in Gilford.
Further details to come as information becomes available.
