No one was injured in a garage fire Wednesday morning in Oil City.
The garage, which is detached from the home at 9 Shady Oak Lane, was moderately damaged, said Dennis Alcorn, a captain with the Oil City Fire Department.
Reports from Venango County 911 indicated that a tree fell on power lines, knocking the lines onto the garage and causing the fire.
“Initially we had a building energized by a high voltage line so we had to wait until the power was disconnected by Penelec before we could enter,” Alcorn said.
State police fire marshals were investigating the blaze Wednesday, according to Alcorn.
Crews were at the scene for about three hours, according to Alcorn.
Power was knocked out in parts of the South Side for about 30 to 45 minutes Wednesday morning, and 911 and Oil City firefighters both indicated the outage was likely related to the fire.
