Medway fire officials believe lawnmower sparked fire that destroyed garage

MEDWAY — A Holliston Street resident who was out to dinner on Monday evening was alerted by his own Ring camera that his garage had caught fire, according to a fire official.

The resident of 46 Holliston St. watched his garage burn on his phone after calling 911 to report the 7:20 p.m. fire, Deputy Chief Michael Fasolino said Tuesday.

"His Ring camera caught the whole thing, and he watched it as it progressed," Fasolino said. "He called it in himself and then we got multiple calls, multiple 911 calls at that point."

When firefighters arrived, the garage was fully involved in flames. It only took the firefighters, from Medway, Millis, Bellingham and Norfolk, a few minutes to extinguish the fire.

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But by then it was too late, Fasolino said.

"It pretty much consumed the whole garage," he said. "They crews did a great job. It was a quick knockdown, but it had a pretty good head start."

Fasolino credited firefighters for preventing the fire from spreading to the nearby home, which was not damaged.

No one was injured.

The fire appeared to be caused by a riding lawnmower, the deputy chief said.

"He (the homeowner) had just got done mowing the lawn and put it back in the garage," Fasolino said. "We believe it started from the lawnmower."

The garage is a total loss, he added.

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