Hanover Fire Confirms Two Vehicles Damaged in LCBO Parking Lot Fire; Cause Undetermined
Two vehicles, damaged store glass, no injuries — and the burned car was gas-powered, not electric, Hanover Fire confirmed.
Hanover Fire says two vehicles were involved in Saturday’s parking lot fire, one badly burned and one with minor heat damage. No one was hurt, and the cause is undetermined.
A vehicle fire in the parking lot of the Hanover LCBO on Saturday afternoon involved two vehicles and damaged the store’s glass, but caused no injuries, Hanover Fire and Emergency Services has confirmed. The cause remains undetermined.
Crews were dispatched at 4:58 p.m. and cleared the scene by 6:06 p.m., according to Fire Chief Jeff Dentinger. The department returned to service at 7:01 p.m. after decontamination and cleanup. Eighteen firefighters responded.
Two vehicles were involved, Dentinger said. One sustained minimal heat damage; the other — the car shown fully engulfed in photos from the scene — burned. The fire damaged glass on the LCBO building, with no other property damage reported. The dollar value of the damage is unknown.
Dentinger said the cause of the fire is undetermined. The vehicle that caught fire was gas-powered, addressing speculation on social media about whether it might have been electric.
There were no injuries to occupants, bystanders or firefighters, and no further involvement from police or fire — meaning the fire is not considered suspicious.
The LCBO closed as a result of the fire. 24th Avenue was closed between 10th Street and the Masonic Lodge to accommodate fire hose, reopening shortly before crews returned to the station.
The early account
Former Brockton mayor Charlie Bagnato posted the first image of the fire at 5:20 p.m., tagging the location as the Hanover LCBO.
The photo, which Bagnato gave Owen Sound Current permission to publish, shows a car fully engulfed in flames, with heavy smoke rising above the lot and another vehicle visible through the smoke behind it — consistent with the second vehicle the fire chief later confirmed.
The fire also prompted a community appeal. In a local lost-and-found group, a family reported that their 12-year-old German shepherd-Doberman mix ran off during the fire and headed toward the drive-in theatre. The family later reported she had been found safe.
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