Fire

MORGAN — Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a house fire that injured one resident and destroyed the garage of the home.

Morgan Fire Department Chief Dave Rich said crews arrived at the house, at 1270 W. Island Road, around 4:30 p.m. and found the garage in flames. Crews put out the fire in about 45 minutes.

A man who lives in the house burned his hand and leg during the blaze and was transported to the hospital, Rich said. Details about the man’s injuries were not known.

ST. GEORGE -- Fire investigators say an employee microwave started a small fire in the back room of a clothing store at Red Cliffs Mall in St. George over the weekend.

ROY — Lynn Paquin got the text message from her husband.

MoCharles, a small African village of about 100 people, had burned down, the message said. All 45 homes had been destroyed, along with a fresh rice harvest. Only two buildings, a church and a school, had survived the blaze.

Tears slid down Paquin’s face.

Paquin’s husband, Paul, is on a mission for Light of the World Ministries near the village, in Sierra Leone, Africa. Lynn Paquin had been on a service trip there before, she said. She had cared for villagers just like the ones who now had nothing, had seen the smiles that beamed from their faces when simple kindnesses were given to them. It hurt to think of the MoCharles villagers surveying the charred remains of their homes.

FARMINGTON — The Johnny Rockets restaurant here was evacuated Saturday night after a small electrical fire.

OGDEN — Fire crews responded to an IRS building Friday night after smoke filled the cafeteria.

CLEARFIELD — A small garbage fire at the Freeport Center Briefly interrupted FrontRunner service Friday night.