A Fleetwood man walking his dog early on Aug. 31 discovered a fire at a garage on Franklin Street.
According to a Fleetwood Borough Police report issued by Chief Steven Stinsky, at about 1:22 a.m., a man walking his dog in the 100 block of Madeira Alley noticed smoke coming from a detached garage located at the rear of 115 N. Franklin Street in Fleetwood and immediately called 911.
Police arrived on the scene and controlled the fire with fire extinguishers until the fire department arrived within minutes to fully extinguish the fire before the building became fully involved, according to the report.
“It appears that the fire started on the outside of the building and is being considered a fire of suspicious origin,” reports Stinsky.
Fleetwood Police, Fleetwood Fire Company and Walnuttown Fire Company responded to the alarm.
If anyone witnessed the start of the fire or suspicious activity in the area, please contact Fleetwood Police Department at 610-944-7011 and refer to incident #83-15-02196. To remain anonymous call Crime Alert Berks County at 877-373-9913.
