No one was injured after fire damaged a home in Lindsay, Ont., early Monday.
According to the City of Kawartha Lakes Fire Services, crews around 3:15 a.m. were called to a house fire on Wilson Avenue near Staples Crescent where they found heavy smoke billowing from an attached garage.
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According to Dept. Fire Chief Terry Jones, one man was able to escape the fire.
Jones says the man was working on a snowmobile in the garbage when the vehicle “back-fired” and sparked the fire.
The blaze was mostly contained to the garage but did spread to the home’s attic, Jones said.
An early damage estimate was set at $50,000, Jones said.
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