Garage destroyed Clinton Township fire
CLINTON TWP — A large brush fire burned down a garage structure with multiple vehicles in it on a Miller Road property in Sarver Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 30.
Nearly a dozen fire trucks from multiple stations responded to the incident around 2:30 p.m. at 106 Miller Road. Firefighters worked to contain the fire that spread sporadically across between 5 and 9 acres of land, according to Chuck Lewis, head of the ambulance command for the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company Ambulance.
Nobody was injured, with the exception of a woman who went to the hospital after being bit by a dog amid the hectic scene.
With the property on top of a hill, and with leaves and debris burning in the valley back behind the land, Lewis said that the initial concerns were the fire reaching a well pad and a compressor station near the property.
“When it got down into the valley and the wind helped it spread, and it started heading towards the well pad and compressor station, we were nervous about it. But it’s now under control,” Lewis said.
Fire departments from Buffalo Township, Sarver, Freeport, West Deer, Herman and Adams responded to the fire.
Firefighters and officials at the scene did not know an official cause of the fire at the time of the incident.
Brush fires have been a recent problem in Butler County, as departments have responded to multiple calls this week to put out brush fires.
“You got a lot of debris on the ground, you’ve got a lot of mild wind that’s just enough to stir it up if you’re not paying attention and when you’re not expecting it,” Lewis said.
