STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A garage fire sparked by a faulty light fixture in a Stuart home on Tuesday morning, sending Martin County firefighters racing to contain the flames before they spread.
Martin County Fire Rescue (MCFR) said crews responded to a structure fire early on S.W. Otter Run Place, where flames broke out in the garage of a two-story residential home.
Crews arrived just before 7:30 a.m. to find a fire that had started from a malfunctioning light ballast — a device that regulates the electrical current in a light fixture. The faulty fixture ignited nearby items stored on the garage floor, with flames extending to the ceiling above…