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Overheated mower blamed for fire in storage barn
An overheated lawnmower is blamed for a fire that destroyed a small storage barn Thursday morning on Gasport Road.
Paul Drajem, 49, of 5074 Gasport Road, told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that he was mowing with his riding lawnmower and was having problems with it overheating. Drajem said he put the mower back into a wooden shed behind his house and went to the store. He said he returned 15 minutes later, just after 11:30 a. m., and found the shed totally engulfed in flames, said deputies. Drajem was unable to put the fire out and the Terrys Corners Volunteer Fire Department responded.
The shed and its contents, which included the lawnmower, lawn tools and two sets of tires and rims, were declared a total loss, deputies said. Also damaged was the siding on Drajem’s garage, said deputies. Assisting at the scene was Gasport Volunteer Fire Department.
Overheated mower blamed for fire in storage barn
An overheated lawnmower is blamed for a fire that destroyed a small storage barn Thursday morning on Gasport Road.
Paul Drajem, 49, of 5074 Gasport Road, told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that he was mowing with his riding lawnmower and was having problems with it overheating. Drajem said he put the mower back into a wooden shed behind his house and went to the store. He said he returned 15 minutes later, just after 11:30 a. m., and found the shed totally engulfed in flames, said deputies. Drajem was unable to put the fire out and the Terrys Corners Volunteer Fire Department responded.
The shed and its contents, which included the lawnmower, lawn tools and two sets of tires and rims, were declared a total loss, deputies said. Also damaged was the siding on Drajem’s garage, said deputies. Assisting at the scene was Gasport Volunteer Fire Department.
