Fire on Bloomington’s west side destroys garage

Posted on June 10, 2015
Garage fire damage
The garage fire was reported at about 1:15 p.m. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Fire Department quickly extinguished a garage fire Wednesday afternoon.

Crews were called to 1207 W. Chestnut at about 1:15 p.m. Battalion Chief Steve Giusti said the garage was “fully involved” when his team arrived.

“The entire structure was consumed in flames,” said Giusti. “We’ve got a couple (of) exposures. The house at 1207, 1209, and actually 1205 sustained some heat damage from the fire.”

Giusti said the fire was out in about two minutes.

No injuries were reported and as of Wednesday afternoon investigators were still working to find the cause of the fire.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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