First responders stand outside 6039 W. 850S, Claypool, at Yellow Creek Lake where a small fire started in the garage. InkFreeNews photo by Leah Sander.

By Leah Sander
InkFreeNews

CLAYPOOL — A small fire started in a residential garage on Yellow Creek Lake on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 30.

Emergency responders were called out at 1:48 p.m. Tuesday to 6039 W. 850S, Claypool. There a rechargeable battery had started a fire in the corner of the garage, said Burket Fire Chief Kevin McSherry.

He said it didn’t take very long for firefighters to put the fire out. Due to “short manpower,” with Burket Fire Department, Henry Township Fire Department out of Fulton County and Silver Lake Fire Department were called to assist, said McSherry.

“With the size of the structure and the wind today, we didn’t know how advanced the fire was going to be,” noted McSherry. “But with the modern construction of drywall inside, the drywall contained it (to the one corner).”

Also responding to the scene was Mentone EMS.