Fire takes boat, Harley, and hay

PUTNAM COUNTY
  • Putnam County Fire Department firefighters extinguish what was left of a fire that burned this detached garage to the ground last week. CONTRIBUTED
    Putnam County Fire Department firefighters extinguish what was left of a fire that burned this detached garage to the ground last week. CONTRIBUTED
  • A wall of smoke veils Putnam Co. Fire Dept.’s equipment and firefighters as they stop a controlled fire that spread past its boundaries. CONTRIBUTED
    A wall of smoke veils Putnam Co. Fire Dept.’s equipment and firefighters as they stop a controlled fire that spread past its boundaries. CONTRIBUTED

    A Putnam County resident lost his boat and motorcycle in a fire last week, while a farmer in a separate incident lost several bales of hay, according to Putnam County Fire Chief Thomas McClain.

    A field on Little Circle was being burned to clear out sagebrush when the fire spread into nearby hayfields. Putnam County Fire Department firefighters were called in to keep the flames from spreading farther. 

    McClain said no one was injured.

    “It didn’t damage buildings or fences and didn’t burn anything but the grass and hay fields, so it’ll all be pretty and green in a couple of weeks,” he added.

    Friday night, a garage on the 400 block of South Steel Bridge Road caught fire. 

    McClain said it “was already a total loss when we got there.”

    The building was a detached garage, and the firefighters were able to keep it from spreading to other houses and buildings. McClain said some gas cans, lawn mowers, a boat, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were stored in the garage at the time, and the fire destroyed them all.

    The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

    Putnam County Fire Department