Fire destroys building in south Camp County

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By Jeremy Weber
 
A man’s workshop was badly damaged Thursday morning as a small shop fire quickly got out of hand.
Ois Kennington was servicing his Kawasaki Mule in his backyard workshop when things went terribly wrong. According to Kennington, he was removing the fuel filter from the vehicle when a drop light nearby caused the dripping gasoline to ignite.
“It wasn’t anything I haven’t done a thousand times before, it just went all wrong,” Mr. Kennington said. “I tried to put it out with some rags and towels, but my jacket caught on fire and I had to get out of there. That’s when I called 911.”
Pittsburg Fire and Rescue received the call at 10:18 a.m. and quickly responded to the scene. Firefighters battled the blaze for close to an hour before dousing the majority of the flames.
“I had a fire extinqusher in there, but I just couldn’t find it,” Mr. Kennington said. “I’m just glad that I got out of there okay.”
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