Photo: Jackson Township Fire Chief Ryan Shepherd (left) talks to Brazil Fire Department Chief Jake Bennett shortly after flames were extinguished on North Murphy Road near Pinckley Street. 

 

By Frank Phillips/DLC Media News

A Monday afternoon camper fire spread to nearby garages, said Jackson Township Fire Chief Ryan Sheperd on the scene in the 8000 block of North Murphy Road, about one block south of Pinckley Street.

Photo: Smoke and steam pour out of a fire that appreantly started in a camper on North Murphy Road, south of Pinckley Street in Brazil on Monday afternoon. 

 

“Right now, it appears the fire started in a camper behind the property here,” Shepherd told me. “The downside is, campers put off a lot of heat so it quickly spread to houses, even up to the back side of the house, but it was stopped behore it got inside any one of the houses. “

Shepherd said that as far as he knew there were no injuries that were serious “but we’re still gathering information.”

Firefighters from Jackson Township and Van Buren township were among those responding to the call.