Early Morning Fire Destroys Three Freedom Township Trailers

An early morning fire on Wednesday, Oct. 26, destroyed three Freedom Township trailers and two scrapped vehicles at Clark's Auto Salvage.

According to Freedom Township Asst. Fire Chief Tim James, the call came in around 4 a.m. and firefighters arrived to find the structures fully involved. James said fire crews set up a dumpsite and shuttled water to the scene in a tanker truck.

James said additional crews were called in to assist Freedom Township when the fire spread to a hill near the junk yard, igniting two junked vehicles and starting a brush fire. James said the quick response from firefi...