The fire that devastated Cline Oil Co. Tuesday started in a neighbor's garage and ended up causing about $1.75 million in total damages, according to the state police Fire Marshal Mick McCracken.

"The origin of the fire was in the garage ... at 5 Longfellow Avenue," McCracken said, "the Mott residence. "It started in the front half of their garage. I wasn't able to make a determination as to why."

Although the fire started in the garage, the structure "burned up completely and there was just nothing left."

The 3:40 a.m. alarm on Longfellow Avenue ended up destroying two warehouses, multiple vehicles and equipment of Cline Oil Co., along with a residential garage at 7 Longfellow Ave. and Mott’s garage at 5 Longfellow Ave.

McCracken said he spent about two days in Bradford investigating that fire and one on Pike Street that happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday.

He said the home, owned by Sharon Gobin of Hollywood, Fla., sustained about $35,000 in damages from an accidental fire that began when workers in the house were using a torch to strip paint.

The heat caused insulation in the eaves at the top of the house to catch fire, McCracken said.

While there were no serious injuries in either fire, one firefighter suffered a minor injury in the Pike Street blaze and was treated and released from a local hospital that day.

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