Overview
- Firefighters from Highlander Fire Protection District and Floyd County Fire found a large garage fire on Lee Drive that was pushing toward an attached home in Floyds Knobs, Indiana.
- Roughly 40 firefighters worked about two hours to knock down the flames and kept the house from being destroyed.
- Crews set up tanker shuttles to haul water because there are no hydrants on that rural road.
- A hybrid car inside the garage added risk because lithium‑ion batteries can reignite without sustained cooling, which requires large volumes of water on the battery cells.
- The Indiana Department of Homeland Security’s Fire Marshal is investigating the cause, and one firefighter treated for exhaustion is expected to recover.