Fire swept through a Polk Township pole barn Saturday evening, destroying a businessman's truck, lawn mower and painting supplies.

The structure housed Helping Hands Home Services supplies, owned by Julio Crespo.

Crespo was in his home, a short distance from the barn when he heard a horn blaring in his driveway. Then someone pounded on his door.

It was a Pleasant Valley security guard who was driving by and spotted the blaze.  "He said, 'Your garage is on fire,' " Crespo said at the scene.

He looked out and saw the blaze and grabbed his dogs and got out of the house. His wife and mother-in-law, who lives in a trailer on the property, were not home.

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Polk Fire Chief Billy Tippett said the structure was fully involved when firefighters arrived.

Additional fire companies were immediately dispatched because Polk firetrucks had to come over the one-lane bridge in Kresgeville. "Initially we just need to get everyone here," Tippett said.

Assisting Polk were Kunkletown, West End and Blue Ridge fire companies in Monroe County and Franklin, Towamensing and Penn Forest No. 1 and 2 from Carbon County. State police from Lehighton were also at the scene.

Two firefighters were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, Tippett said.

Tippett said state police determined there was nothing suspicious about the fire and a fire marshal will not be called.

Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to the nearby home and trailer.

Crespo said he doesn't know what started the blaze. He put his lawn tractor away about an hour before the fire broke out.

He lost his Toyota Tacoma truck and all his business supplies, ladders and paint. He is fully insured, he said.

"It's all replaceable," he said. "My wife and mother-in-law are OK."

He remained calm at the scene. "I have to keep my eye on the big picture," he said. "My customers are not in the fire. They are in their homes. I am still in business."

Sections of Route 209, from Burger Hollow to Gilbert Road, were closed to traffic due to the fire.