FIRE ON RUSH DESTROYS GARAGE

Elyria – A late night fire destroyed a garage and damaged portions of the unattached house on Rush Street in Elyria.

Assistant Chief Ron Brlas of the Elyria Fire Department said initial reports of the location were conflicting; “We were being told that there was a garage fire at the corner of Lowell and Elbe and then also at the dead end of Rush Street. It ended up being on Rush Street behind 130 Rush. When we arrived the garage was fully involved and had extended to an out building located next to the garage.”

The fire was so intense that the radiant heat caused heavy damage the side and rear of the house.

Brlas said that Firefighters first worked on extinguishing the body of the fire and then focused on the home and out building. “The out building had fire to the front but never really got going and the house just received damage due to the heat and that was mostly melted siding.”

The home was vacant and is a foreclosure house according to neighbors.

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