(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Fire Department was paged-out to a garage fire this (Wednesday) afternoon. Fire Chief Tom Cappel said the call about the blaze at 1313 Poplar Street went out at around 4:17-p.m.  Upon arrival, crews encountered heavy black smoke and flames coming from the structure, which was detached from the nearby house.

Crews went into an instant “attack mode,” which involved taking down the power lines down and get the flames knocked down so they could release some of the heat. One of the garage doors had already fallen down. Cappel says the residents told him they were spraying ether into the engine of an old car, but the vehicle back-fired.

Atlantic Municipal Utilities helped to shut-off the power, Atlantic Police were on-hand to assist with traffic control. Cass EMS was on the scene in a stand-by mode, but was not needed. There were no injuries. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon was also at the scene. He provided KJAN with these pictures: