Due to the destruction caused by the blaze, a state police fire marshal was unable to determine the origin or cause of the fire that destroyed that Dushore Agway warehouse last week on Route 220 in Cherry Township, according to Mildred Fire Chief Sean Thibodeault.

Volunteer firefighters rushed to the 13000 square-foot building at 8779 Route 220 about 1 a.m. on Nov. 18 when a trucker at the warehouse, asleep in his cab, was awakened by the glow of the fire. The entire building was ablaze when Thibodeault arrived on the scene. There were no reports of injuries.

The fire caused in excess of $1 million damage, the chief said. The building alone — filled with large bales of hay, woodstove pellets, a tractor-trailer truck and several other pieces of equipment — was valued at $900,000, he said.

Security cameras revealed that the fire started about midnight, the chief said.

Concerning another investigation, the cause of the Sept. 15 city house fire at 932 Race St., where the homeowner was rescued by city Firefighters Broc Rupert and Lt. Jonathan Hunsinger, will also go undetermined, according to Fire Chief Sam Aungst. Damage to Brooke Nelson’s home was estimated at about $89,000.

Concerning another city incident, Aungst said the cause of a Sept. 13 fire that damaged a vacant rental property at 351 Lyon Place was ruled accidental. “It was spontaneous combustion. Rags used earlier in the day to stain or varnish the floor were placed in a plastic bag on the first floor (and ignited),” he said.