A house fire in the Walnut Grove neighbourhood was extinguished by Township of 91原创 firefighters on Thursday night.

Deputy fire chief Russ Jenkins said the call for the two-alarm blaze on the 20400 block of 97B Avenue came in about 9 p.m.

鈥淚t turned out there was a fire in the garage area of a house,鈥� he said.

A witness on the scene noted there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage of the two-storey house.

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The house was empty while the firefighters battled the blaze.

鈥淎t the point that our crews arrived there was no one at home in the residence,鈥� Jenkins said, adding it was called in by the neighbours.

鈥淭here were no injuries, either to our fire staff or to the homeowners as they weren鈥檛 there,鈥� the deputy chief noted.

Neighbours at the scene said the family was away on a camping trip when the fire started.

While nobody was hurt, the house was not left unscathed.

鈥淭here was some smoke and water damage, as well as fire damage to the house,鈥� Jenkins said, 鈥淏ut the crew did a pretty good job of containing it to the garage area.鈥�

A security company held the scene overnight and fire investigators are looking into the cause of the fire on Friday morning.

ronan.p.odoherty@blackpress.ca
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