The property owner told deputies he'd stoked a wood stove in the garage before leaving the property. He discovered the fire in a wood pile near the stove when he returned. Contact Daphne Lemke at ...

The property owner said he stoked the wood stove in the garage earlier and came back to find the nearby wood pile on fire.

A garage that caught fire Sunday on U.S. Route 50 was spared significant damage thanks to a 911 call by a passerby and the quick response of firefighters, according to the Maryland Office of the State ...