Firefighters stop Water Street fire, explosion,Mar 2009

Washington firefighters seek out hot spots in a garage and shed on Water Street at Grove Street Tuesday afternoon after a grass fire got inside the garage, burning contents and setting of an explosion heard blocks away. Washington Fire Chief Alan Poss said that Lawrence Edwards, 80, said he was smoking at the rear of the garage, tripped and dropped the cigarette into the grass, starting a fire that spread into the shed. Firefighters were on the scene within three minutes of the call, Poss said, and knocked the flames down quickly, but overhaul of the tin-roofed building took another hour.