photos Newton Fire and EMS
NEWTON, Kan. — Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire at a residence in Newton.
Just before noon on Monday, Newton Fire/EMS crews responded to reports of residential fire in the 300 block of South Main Street, according to a social media report.
Fire crews found a small garage fully involved with heavy fire that had spread to the exterior siding and roof of a nearby house.
Fire crews used heavy-caliber handlines and compressed-air foam to control the garage fire, while stretching a hoseline into the house to check for victims and to extinguish interior fire spread.
Fire damage was held to the garage, which was a total loss, and the outside of the house.
Fire crews made a quick knockdown of the fire, and removed pieces of siding and roofing material to locate and extinguish hidden fire in the house.
Fireground operations were complicated by the presence of energized electrical power lines that had fallen onto a metal fence surrounding this, and adjacent properties, creating life safety hazards for firefighters and citizens.
Westar was requested to the scene to disconnect electricity at the pole.
There were no injuries.