Story - The Meade County Messenger


Vol. 114, No. 35	August 29, 2007

Antique autos and other memorabilia lost in garage blaze

Photo by Larry See Jr.
Fire fighters spent three hours fighting a garage fire on Hubbard Lane near Muldraugh.

By LARRY SEE JR.
Messenger Staff

A Friday morning fire destroyed several antique autos, among other relics, stored in a Hubbard Lane garage.

“There were lots of things that go boom, lots of scared fire fighters and it even scared the fire chief,” Meade County Fire District Chief Larry Naser said.

Fire fighters from the Meade County Fire Protection District, Muldraugh, Ekron and Flaherty were dispatched, along with personnel from Meade County EMS. The garage was totally engulfed in flames when crews arrived.

“We could see some of the smoke when we came over the hill there by Arch Chemical,” Naser said.

The garage is owned by William F. Frazier Jr. He wasn’t home at the time, but neighbors reported his son was.

A loud explosion was heard coming from the garage, prior to fire fighters arrival.

Stored in the garage, according to a next door neighbor, was a 1970 Corvette, some rare soft drink memorabilia and a Monte Carlo with 12,000 original miles.

Naser also observed three more cars, a boat, two soft drink machines and two collectible gas pumps in the garage.

Photos by Larry See Jr.
Fire fighters from four departments battle flames and humidity at a Friday morning garage fire near Muldraugh. Black smoke could be seen for miles and several loud explosions, possibly coming from the antique vehicles stored in the garage, were heard.

Fire fighters were hampered by the lack of hydrants, resulting in assistance provided by the Ekron and Flaherty departments who transported water. In addition, the county’s 3,000 gallon tanker was on scene, Naser said.

Fire fighters were on the scene about three hours. Naser said he suspects the fire started near the garage center where an air compressor was.

“That was the area of origin,” he said. “Near the air compressor.”

Muldraugh city officials also supplied a backhoe to allow fire fighters to sift through the remains and ensure all “hot spots” were extinguished.

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