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A fire burned through a garage and two vehicles on Sunday afternoon in rural Powell, and the attached home suffered substantial smoke damage.
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A fire burned through a garage and two vehicles on Sunday afternoon in rural Powell, and the attached home suffered substantial smoke damage.
The blaze occurred at a residence off Wyo. Highway 295, about a mile south of town.
Although the residents avoided serious injury, they lost many possessions and cannot live in their home, said Channiel Hine, who shared the residence with her parents. Members of the Powell Volunteer Fire Department were able to keep fire out of the main living area, but the smoke damage was extensive; the gas line, electrical wiring and carpeting are among the many items that will have to be overhauled and replaced, Hine said.
On Tuesday, the family members were living in temporary quarters as they waited to learn how much work will be needed to make the home livable again.
"It's going to be a big ordeal," said Hine, who lost nearly all of her clothing. "It's going to take us months to get us back to where we need to be."
Hine said they had been preparing lunch when they noticed a "horrible smell." When she opened the door to the garage, Hine said she "just got hit in the face with black smoke."
"It was horrible," she said of the ordeal.
The fire was reported around 1:45 p.m. When members of the Powell Volunteer Fire Department arrived, the garage was already fully involved, said Fire Chief Dustin Dicks. Hine was able to move two vehicles away from the fire, but two vehicles inside the garage were destroyed by the flames.
Hine said the family members inhaled some smoke, but were doing OK on Tuesday. Hine added that her parents did have home insurance, which is taking care of some of their expenses.
In a Monday Facebook post, another member of the family had described the damage to the living area as minimal, but Hine said that's because he hadn't realized the extent of the smoke damage.
Dicks said firefighters spent about an hour-and-a-half at the scene. The chief said Monday that he was unable to determine the cause of the fire.
(Editor's note: This version of the story removes incorrect information about the fire doing minimal damage to the attached residence and provides more information about the damage.)
