Early morning fire burns garage to the ground
Fire this morning quickly destroyed a garage at a home in the 1100 block of Prospect Road in Connoquenessing Township.
No one was injured in the blaze about 6:20 a.m. at the home where Gerald Kopp has lived for more than 50 years.
A cause was not immediately known, according to Connoquenessing volunteer firefighters.
Kopp said he was reading the newspaper at the kitchen table when he heard a noise outside.
“I thought it was the wind blowing,” he said. “I looked out and all at once the flames were shooting.”
He called 911 and hopped in the sport utility vehicle that was parked between the house and garage and moved the vehicle to a safe spot. He only recently bought the SUV.
There was no saving the garage — a pole building with vinyl siding.
“It just burned,” Kopp said. “Almost all at once.”
Destroyed in the building were an aluminum fishing boat, guns, gun powder, gun-loading equipment, a crossbow, two all-terrain vehicles, tools, shelves and other property.
The garage, which was constructed 10 to 12 years ago, had electrical service.
He said he had no insurance.
A full story about the fire will appear in the Butler Eagle.
