HARTLAND, N.Y. — One person suffered a minor head injury when a fire broke out in a detached garage in the Town of Hartland on Saturday afternoon.
The dispatch center at the Niagara County Sheriff's Office received a call about the fire at 1:13 p.m. on the 2900 block of Carmen Road.
Upon arrival, sheriff's deputies and Middleport Village Police Department officials found the 40-foot-by-50-foot wooden garage engulfed by flames. Members of the Middleport, Hartland, Barker, Shelby and Ridgeway volunteer fire companies helped put out the fire.
The Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported that several vehicles and a number of propane tanks were in the garage.
One resident sustained a minor head injury and was treated at the scene by the Tri-Town Ambulance Company.
The sheriff's office called the structure and the contents a complete loss, and an investigation into the cause is underway.
