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By Bill Lilley
POSTED: 12:18 p.m. EDT, May 06, 2008
Beacon Journal staff writer
LAKE TWP.: A fire caused by gasoline coming into contact with a hot light destroyed six antique cars, a motorcycle and a free-standing garage in the 1800 block of Butternut Street on Monday night.
The lost antique cars included a 1959 Aston Martin, a 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette and a 1974 Jaguar roadster.
''It was the biggest residential loss I've seen in my 25 years,'' Greentown Fire Department Captain Mark Jackson said. ''I couldn't begin to put a price on the cars because many of them were priceless.''
Jackson said that the fire began around 8 p.m. when David Klase, owner of the property and the cars, was draining gas from the tank of a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the 1,600-square-foot garage.
Klase told investigators the rubber tube that went from the fuel tank to a gas can on the garage floor started to come out of the can, and when he tried to reposition it, gas flew out, hit a trouble light and immediately ignited.
He was burned on his right hand and arm and treated at the scene by paramedics from the Uniontown Fire Department.
Jackson said Klase's house, which was 15 feet from the garage, was untouched by the fire.
''There was basically nothing we could do to save the garage when we got there,'' the captain said. ''The garage was fully engulfed, so we protected the house.''
A loss estimate will have to be made be an insurance company, Jackson said.
''All I know is that it is going to substantial,'' he said.
Beacon Journal staff writer
LAKE TWP.: A fire caused by gasoline coming into contact with a hot light destroyed six antique cars, a motorcycle and a free-standing garage in the 1800 block of Butternut Street on Monday night.
The lost antique cars included a 1959 Aston Martin, a 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette and a 1974 Jaguar roadster.
''It was the biggest residential loss I've seen in my 25 years,'' Greentown Fire Department Captain Mark Jackson said. ''I couldn't begin to put a price on the cars because many of them were priceless.''
Jackson said that the fire began around 8 p.m. when David Klase, owner of the property and the cars, was draining gas from the tank of a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the 1,600-square-foot garage.
Klase told investigators the rubber tube that went from the fuel tank to a gas can on the garage floor started to come out of the can, and when he tried to reposition it, gas flew out, hit a trouble light and immediately ignited.
He was burned on his right hand and arm and treated at the scene by paramedics from the Uniontown Fire Department.
Jackson said Klase's house, which was 15 feet from the garage, was untouched by the fire.
''There was basically nothing we could do to save the garage when we got there,'' the captain said. ''The garage was fully engulfed, so we protected the house.''
A loss estimate will have to be made be an insurance company, Jackson said.
''All I know is that it is going to substantial,'' he said.
