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Firefighters in Atlantic were called to the scene of a garage fire this morning. The department was dispatched at 5-a.m. to the scene 801 Walnut Street, where the garage was shared with a home on 8^th Street. Rachelle Andersons’ fiance’ Arthur Davis Jr., had got up to let the dogs outside when he noticed smoke in driveaway and a glow.

Atlantic Fire Chief Mark McNees said When firefighters arrived the structure was pretty much fully engulfed and was impinging on the house which was only about three-feet away.

The blaze was extinguished by around 5:14-a.m. Rachelle Anderson, who lives in the home next to the garage on the east side told KJAN News she was asleep when Art ran in to tell her to “Get up, the garage is on fire. I [went] out the door and it was all in flames. We went back inside to get our three dogs.” She said also there was a more than one-half full propane tank inside the garage.

A few vehicles that were parked outside were moved to a parking lot across the street. Firefighters remained on the scene until about 6:20-a.m. while extinguishing some hot spots. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation.

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