Stranger who had been drinking, uses hose to put out garage fire From public records View Comments 60 block of Stewart Avenue - A 34-year-old woman awoke early Sunday morning to find her garage on fire and a stranger using her garden hose to put it out. She told police she took the hose from him. The fire was extinguished before the fire department arrived. She also told police the man, whom she had never seen before, likely was intoxicated because he was unsteady on his feet and he smelled of alcohol. The man told her he'd been walking by and sprang into action when he saw the garage on fire. He left the area before police and firefighters arrived.