By:
Jarrod Schoenecker, editor@montgomerymnnews.com
Firefighters from at least New Prague Fire Department and Montgomery Fire Department extinguished a fully-engulfed separated garage fire Thursday, Jan. 29, during the evening hours at Number One Auto north of Heidelberg in rural Lanesburgh Township in Le Sueur County. Temperatures at the time were only about five degrees above zero.
Owner Mike Meyer was saddened by the loss of his auto shop on the farmstead where he lives and works as the sole owner/operator mechanic. His three dogs were within the building during the fire, in a cage to keep them warm at night from the cold temperatures, and they perished in the fire. "That's the hardest part," said Meyer.