Fire Burns Garage in Hillsboro

On Monday afternoon at approximately 5:50pm deputies were dispatched to 236 Pratt Road in reference to a structure fire. Dispatch advised the garage was on fire and the Hillsboro Fire Department was in route. When emergency crews arrived a garage was fully engulfed in flames.
When they arrived the home owner was asked what had happened. According to the police report, the man advised at approximately 5:30pm, he was in his garage working on his generator near the shop light. He then advised that he went inside his residence to fix him something to eat.
The report goes onto say that a short time later, he heard someone knocking at his front door. The homeowner went on to tell the deputies that when he went to the front door he found a white male standing there telling him his garage was on fire and he had already called for help. The owner says the man told him he was going to leave before emergency personnel began to arrive.
The amount of damage/loss is unknown at this time.