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Show Gdraci3, Contents Bums Up in Last Sunday Fire Chief Keetch said he would estimate es-timate the value at several thousan ddollars. The house sustained minor damage when an electrical line from the garage to house caught the eaves afire. The fire chief said it was necessary to sever the electrical connection to put out that fire. It was estimated he Robb family might be without electrical elec-trical power for two or three days until repairs can be made. Mr. and Mrs. Robb discovered discover-ed the fire when they awoke to popping sounds evidently made by ammunition stored in the garage, Mrs. Robb said. A fruit storage room on the east side of the garage was jsaved and sustained no serious damage, Chief Keetch reported. A garage and its contents, valued at several thousand dollars, dol-lars, were destroyed in an early ear-ly morning blaze Sunday at the Elton Robb residence, 340 East 300 North in Pleasant Grove. Pleasant Grove Fire Chief Fred Keetch said the department depart-ment responded to the call at 6 a.m. and found the structure struc-ture ablaze. Of particular concern, con-cern, the chief said, was about 50 gallons of gasoline stored in tanks near the burning garage. The tanks were bulging and ready to explode from the intense in-tense heat when fire crews arrived, ar-rived, said Chief Keetoh. Firemen Fire-men kept the tanks well cooled with water while they fought the blaze. Twenty firemen and three fire trucks were used to battle the fire which took two hours to extinguish. The chief said they did not yet know the cause of the fire nor the actual value of the garage and its contents. A boat and boat trailer along with many other stored items were destroyed in the fire. |