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LAWRENCETOWN, N.S. —

Little remains of a garage in Lawrencetown following a suspected case of arson.

Firefighters were called out to the scene along the 300 block of Main Street shortly before 3 p.m. Jan. 28.

“At 2:45 p.m. we were called by dispatch saying that the RCMP caught a youth male attempting to light a garage on fire,” said Michael Stoddart, fire chief for the Lawrencetown and District Volunteer Fire Department.

Annapolis District RCMP dealt with the suspect, Stoddart said.

“We were told that they had a youth in custody.”

He said the fire department was initially sent to 367 Main Street to confirm reports that the flames had been extinguished, and nothing was found.

Shortly before 4 p.m., the department was called to 350 Main Street for an abandoned garage on fire.

“This was the same garage,” Stoddart said.

Fire departments from Middleton, Lawrencetown and Bridgetown teamed up to battle the blaze. - Contributed

This time, the fire was clear for all to see.

“The building was fully involved,” he said, adding that the blaze was too progressed to save the structure.

The storage garage was not located near a home.

“It was in off the road a fair distance, probably 200 feet,” said Stoddart.

He said the location of the structure could have made the building difficult to place.

“(There) is quite a sharp turn in the road, so the garage might appear to be behind someone else’s property,” he said, noting that the civic was actually 347 Main Street.

Fire departments from Middleton and Bridgetown provided mutual aid.

There were no injuries, Stoddart said.

The fire is still under investigation, he added.