Garage Fire

FireManchester: Firefighters from Lineboro and Hampstead assisted Manchester at 6: 51 p.m. Monday, responding to a garage fire on Wentz Road. Units were out two hours.Pub Date: 4/10/96

State fire marshals have ruled that the cause of Tuesday's early morning garage fire in Frizzellburg was accidental.The blaze, ignited by a malfunctioning fluorescent light, was reported at 3: 11 a.m. in the 1900 block of Old Taneytown Road and was under control within 10 minutes by about 30 firefighters from Pleasant Valley, Westminster and Taneytown, fire marshals said.Damage was estimated at $25,000.Pub Date: 3/21/96

FireFrizzellburg: Pleasant Valley, Westminster and Taneytown responded at 3: 11 a.m. Tuesday to a garage fire in the 1900 block of Old Taneytown Road. Units were out two hours and 26 minutes. Littlestown, Pa., transferred units to Pleasant Valley for about two hours.Pub Date: 3/20/96

FireUnion Bridge: Union Bridge, New Windsor, Taneytown, Westminster and New Midway of Frederick County responded to a garage fire in the 300 block of Thomas St. at 6:29 p.m. Thursday. Units were out 31 minutes.

FireHampstead: Hampstead and Manchester responded to a fire alarm in the 4000 block of Gill Ave. at 3:19 p.m. Sunday. Units were out for 16 minutes.Hampstead: Hampstead responded to a garage fire near Route 30 and Mount Gilead Road at 6:08 p.m. Saturday. Units were out 12 minutes.Manchester: Manchester responded to a car fire in the 3300 block of Main St. at 1:33 p.m. Saturday. Units were out 22 minutes.

A family of five fled into freezing temperatures when smoldering ashes left in a garage ignited a fire at their Scaggsville home early yesterday, fire officials said.No one was injured in the 12:20 a.m. fire in the 10300 block of Derby Drive, but two cars and other property inside the garage and home were destroyed.The fire caused $200,000 in damage, fire officials said.Cold weather and ice hampered firefighters' efforts to fight the blaze, said Lt. Ken Byerly, a Howard County fire spokesman.

FIRE* Lineboro: Lineboro, Manchester and Hampstead were dispatched to a garage fire on Water Tank Road at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday. Units were out for 2 hours, 30 minutes.

Four classic cars were destroyed Friday morning in a two-alarm fire in Taneytown.The vehicles, as well as some carpeting, were stored in a wooden garage in the first block of Mill Avenue owned by Lloyd Hovermale, fire officials said.A 1952 Ford pickup, a 1966 Ford Mustang, a Chevrolet Chevelle, a Pontiac Firebird and another vehicle were in the building when the fire began about 6 a.m., fire officials said.A second alarm was sounded at 6:13 a.m. because of the blaze's intensity and the nearness of a 2 1/2 -story house.

FIRE* Taneytown: Firefighters from the Taneytown station responded to a garage fire in the 500 block of S. Queen St. in Adams County, Pa., at 12:27 p.m. yesterday. They were out for 55 minutes.