Crews battle fire at Lost Creek garage
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Firefighters at the scene of a garage fire in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025.
LOST CREEK – Firefighters from across the Shenandoah area battled a blaze at a Lost Creek garage Tuesday afternoon.
Crews were called to a home at 7 Church Road in the West Mahanoy Township village around 1pm Tuesday for a reported structure fire.
Arriving crews found a garage aflame behind the home.
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Shenandoah Police Patrolman Mark Hysock assists in setting up a supply line at a garage fire in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A Shenandoah firefighter ascends a driveway to a burning garage in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Flames escape the side of a garage in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Shenandoah Heights Fire Chief Steven Quinn talks to the engineer at his Heights Fire engine at a garage fire in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Mahanoy City firefighters, including Krystal Walinchus, foreground, arrive at the scene of a garage fire in Lost Creek on Oct. 7, 2025.
Firefighters from the township’s three fire companies along with crews from Shenandoah, Girardville, and Mahanoy City all responded to assist.
The fire was brought under control within about an hour.
One person was checked out by Shenandoah Ambulance.
The fire remains under investigation.
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