Friday Garage Fire Started by a Dehydrator

Retha Colclasure | 12/3/2012

A garage fire on Kennedy Avenue on Friday was apparently started by a dehydrator. Police say the 48-year-old woman who lives at the home had turned on a dehydrator on a counter in the garage, and went inside. She then heard popping sounds, and saw the dehydrator on fire. She ran to a neighbor`s house to call 911, and the neighbor came back with a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too big to put out.

It caused $10,000 damage to an Oldsmobile and $20,000 damage to a Chevelle in the garage. Police say there was also severe smoke damage in the main floor of the home.

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