Car damaged in Tuesday night fire in cinder block garage

QUINCY — A car sustained damage to the rear bumper and trunk area during a structure fire in a two-car detached cinder block garage on Tuesday night.

The Quincy Fire Department was dispatched at 11:41 p.m. to a general alarm fire at 816 N. 24th. The first crew arrived on the scene in three minutes and reported a car on fire in the garage. They deployed a hose line and quickly extinguished the fire, which was confined to the rear of the car. 

Two more fire trucks and the incident commander arrived and helped ventilate the smoke from the garage. Both those crews were released from the scene, as was the ambulance that was standing by, the QFD Rehab Team and the incident commander. 

The Quincy Police Department remained on scene with QFD Cause and Origin Investigators. The garage itself did not burn and sustained only smoke damage. Twelve firefighters from two engines, the quint, the assistant chief and two fire investigators were on the scene.