Fire rips through Middle Island garage

Officials say a fire leveled a garage in Middle Island.  The incident happened at a detached garage located on Swezeytown Road around 10 p.m. yesterday.  Police tell News 12 a man was doing mechanical

News 12 Staff

Jun 18, 2015, 3:52 PM

Updated 3,409 days ago

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Officials say a fire leveled a garage in Middle Island. 
The incident happened at a detached garage located on Swezeytown Road around 10 p.m. yesterday. 
Police tell News 12 a man was doing mechanical work on one of the five motorcycles or three cars in the garage and left for a few minutes. 
According to police, when he came back the garage was on fire, but did not spread to the nearby home. 
A total of three people and five animals were evacuated from the home as a precaution.