CAMARILLO : Fire in Garage Causes $125,000 in Damage
Smoldering ashes in a trash can inside the garage of a house near Camarillo started a fire that caused $125,000 in damage early Sunday, fire officials said.
A smoke alarm woke up residents of the Deseo Avenue house about 4 a.m. Sunday, when flames from the trash can spread to the garage, Ventura County Fire Department officials said.
The fire was mostly limited to the garage, which received about $65,000 in structural damage, officials estimated. A small corner of the house also incurred damage, investigators said. The fire also destroyed about $60,000 in property, including a new van and a Honda Accord, officials said.
No one was seriously injured in the blaze, which took about 40 firefighters more than an hour to extinguish.
One firefighter was treated at St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital for a minor hand injury and was later released, a Fire Department spokeswoman said.
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