I had done this every year for almost 17 years. After the checkup, I would wash it, vacuum it and park it back in the garage. It was a precious possession filled with memories of my son.

It happened around 9:15 p.m. at the dead end of Lake Ave, according to North Muskegon Fire Department— the garage was full-involved and the flames had spread to the attached home when crews arrived.

It was a precious possession filled with memories of my son. After leaving it at the car shop, I stood in my garage, looking at the empty space, and I held my breath.

A Bayonne man has been charged with starting a fire that ripped through an empty home on West 32nd Street in July, Bayonne police said. Michael N. Khela, 39, of Newark Bay Court, was arrested ...