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Four residents displaced by Spring Valley garage fire

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Posted at 10:29 AM, Feb 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-16 13:29:32-05

SPRING VALLEY (CNS) - Four residents were displaced Tuesday morning when a fire sparked in the garage of a Spring Valley home, authorities said.

The blaze was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. at a single-story home on Eileen Street near Bigford Street, in a neighborhood east of Sweetwater Road, according to the San Miguel Fire & Rescue Department.

Crews attacked the flames and kept the fire contained to the home's garage, the department reported. A time of knockdown was not immediately available.

No injuries were reported.

The American Red Cross was called in to help four adults arrange for temporary lodging.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.