BEDFORD- Firefighters battled a garage fire at 4119 South I Street early Tuesday morning.
A neighbor dialed 911 to report the blaze at 12:14 a.m.
The owner, Daniel Purcell was not home when the fire started.
When firefighters from Lawrence County Fire Territory and Shawswick Volunteer Fire Department arrived they found fire billowing from the roof.
Pleasant Run Township Volunteer Fire Departments was also alerted but were disregarded enroute to the scene.
Chief Bobby Brown said an air compressor’s motor locked up igniting a wooden bench. The fire then spread up a wall. The air compressor was located under the wooden bench.
“It was a pole barn style garage which was a good thing, because there was a lot of metal on the building preventing the spread of the fire.” Chief Brown added.
Firefighters were able to save two vehicles, one a vintage vehicle, that were inside the burning building.
Firefighters were able to extiguish the fire within 15 minutes.
