A fire destroyed a shed containing firewood at a Garden Street residence Saturday morning in Tooele.
Flames and smoke were first observed by a passerby in the Arby’s parking lot and was reported as outside fire at 246 Garden St. around 7 a.m., according to Bucky Whitehouse, Tooele City Fire Department public information officer. When firefighters arrived on scene, the outside fire turned out to be a shed fire and the structure was fully engulfed, he said.
The shed contained firewood and cedar posts, which caused the fire to burn very hot, Whitehouse said. A camp trailer parked next to the shed received heat damage from the flames.
Two engines and three brush trucks responded to the fire, which took 21 minutes for firefighters to extinguish what Whitehouse called a lengthy process.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Whitehouse said. The number of potential sources and spots the fire could have begun in the shed will make it difficult to determine, he said.