A Rokell Farm Road garage containing ammunition was destroyed by fire late Tuesday.

Firefighters were called to 81 Rokell Farm Road at 11:31 p.m., and found the garage fully engulfed.

Homeowner Mike Lorbeski said “we had everything in there.”

As the owner of a plumbing and-heating company, he said he had all of his equipment stored in the building, which was built 14 years ago.

The home was not damaged and he has insurance on the lost building, Lorbeski said.

He said he was worried about firefighters getting too close because of the quantity of ammunition and gunpowder stored on an upstairs floor and containers of gasoline in the garage.

A truck in the garage was destroyed in the fire, too.

“It’s just stuff,” Lorbeski said.

Lorbeski said his wife reported the fire.

“When they woke me up, they said there were flames out in the shop,” he said. “It was too late. It was coming out of the roof.”

With three of his four children at home, there was a concern it could spread, so he said he focused on evacuating his family.

Richmond Fire Chief Matt Roberge said he could hear a series of small explosions at the scene.

He estimated it took fire crews 30 to 40 minutes to knock down the fire.

At 1:30 a.m. today, an excavator had arrived on scene to move a downed wall so firefighters could ensure the fire was extinguished.

Bowdoinham, Bowdoin and Litchfield fire departments responded to the scene. North East Mobile Health Services had an ambulance on scene as well.

An investigator from the state fire marshal’s office visited the scene today. Roberge said this afternoon the cause of the fire couldn’t be determined due to the extent of damage. He said early this morning the fire wasn’t considered suspicious.

dmoore@timesrecord.com