Members of the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a burning garage and shed in the northwest of the city on Saturday afternoon.
Around 4:30 p.m., firefighters, the Saskatoon Police Service and Medavie Health Service West paramedics rushed to a fire in the 300 block of Bowman Crescent.
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Firefighters arrived in less than four minutes, with six trucks, to find a garage fully engulfed and a shed, fence and tree also on fire, according to a statement released on Sunday.
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Firefighters had the fire under control in about 15 minutes, though the garage was largely destroyed.
No one was injured.
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An investigator determined improper disposal of ashes from an outdoor fire pit caused the fire and estimated the damage at $50,000.
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