Fire Guts Garage, Destroys Car near Hannibal [Audio]

(Hannibal)–A total of 12 Firefighters from multiple departments responded to a garage fire south of Hannibal around 11:18 Wednesday morning..

Assistant Chief Kevin Smith of the Hannibal Rural Fire Protection District says the fire’s potential threat to a nearby business on Highway 61 prompted the call for mutual aid…

Smith says business owner Dennis Reeves was working on a van inside the garage when the fire erupted…

Firefighters had most of the fire knocked down by noon. The building suffered major damage. The van was totally destroyed.  No injuries were reported.