GASPER TWP. — Several fire departments worked together to extinguish a garage fire in Preble County early Saturday morning.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, firefighters were dispatched to the 2000 block of Halderman Road on initial reports of a house fire.
The Gasper Township Fire & EMS wrote on social media that when firefighters arrived on the scene just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning, they found an attached garage full of flames.
Neighbors alerted the homeowners, and everyone got out of the house.
Several departments including Eaton Fire & EMS, Camden-Somers Township Fire & EMS, and West Alexandria Fire & EMS provided mutual aid.
They extinguished the fire and saved the main part of the house.
In my 12 years in the fire service, I have never seen our area departments work so well together. I appreciate all of these departments and their members who showed up to assist,” Chief Andrew George said on Facebook. “Thank you to everyone involved!”
No injuries were reported.
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