Queen Creek firefighters discover multiple hydrants not working while fighting house fire

QUEEN CREEK, AZ — What started as a small garage fire in a Queen Creek neighborhood quickly ballooned to a larger response fire, as fire crews worked to repair fire hydrants and used the fire engine’s water to reroute the water from other hydrants to control the flames.

Tuesday night, people living in a neighborhood near Ellsworth Road and Germann Road went outside to see their neighbor’s home engulfed in flames.

The town said the fire was upgraded to a working fire before the first units arrived on scene and ultimately became a first alarm fire with 26 units responding from Queen Creek, Mesa and Gilbert…

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