Trash fire ignites storage buildings on Sixth Street

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An unattended trash fire spread to nearby woods and ignited two storage buildings in the 500 block of Sixth Street Tuesday afternoon December 23 at 2:40. Engine 19 arrived to find two storage buildings burning and deployed multiple handlines to extinguish the fires. The smaller metal building and its contents were destroyed. The larger wooden building was heavily damaged, but Firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire and saved much of the contents. They also stopped the spread of the woods fire. No injuries were reported in the incident. Fire-Rescue units were on the scene for about two hours.