Atlantic Fire, Law Enforcement & Medivac Ambulance all responded just before 10-a.m. today (Wednesday), to a reported garage fire in the alley at 706 Oak Street. Atlantic Police Lt. Paul Wood said as it turns out, the garage itself was not on fire. Instead, it was a vehicle in the garage.  Lt. Wood said when they arrived on the scene, the resident had already put the flames out, but fire fighters used foam to make sure there were no hot spots remaining.

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Wood said the resident was working on the vehicle and thinks there was a fuel leak. When the man started the vehicle, the fuel ignited. No injuries were reported. Atlantic Police and Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.