AKRON, Ohio — A man was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon for treatment of burn injuries connected to an afternoon garage fire in Akron.
Fire officials say the flames began around 4:39 p.m. in the 1000 block of Neptune Avenue. Responding fire officials responded to the “fully involved unattached garage fire with neighbors stating a person had been burned.”
The man was recovered and taken to the hospital.
The flames were brought under control by 5:09 p.m., according to the Akron Fire Department. No firefighters were hurt in the incident.
No additional details were immediately available, but stay with 3News as we will update this story if more information is released.
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Editor's note: Video in the player above was originally published about an unrelated fire on April 23, 2022.
