GRAFTON — A fire sparked by a battery charger destroyed a garage and spread to surrounding land Tuesday afternoon, according to Grafton Fire Chief John Babiarz.
No one was injured in the blaze, which was called in just before 4 p.m. at a home at 183 Bullocks Crossing Road. The fire had started in the detached garage and spread to the surrounding trees and land, burning just under an acre of the property, according to Babiarz. Though the flames reached the trees and melted part of a nearby power line, they didn’t reach the house.
Firefighters from Grafton, Canaan, Danbury and Enfield responded to the scene and battled the flames, eventually getting the fire under control and leaving the area around 5:30 p.m., Babiarz said. The homeowner, Jean Cady, was not at the house when the fire broke out.
Though Babiarz couldn’t say what type of battery charger started the blaze, he said lithium battery chargers are “prone to combustion.”