A quick response by firefighters helped keep flames from spreading too far into a Comox residence early Feb 24.

According to Capt. Pascal Lafreni猫re of Comox Fire Rescue, crews were called out to reports of a vehicle on fire spreading into a home in the 1500 block of Skeena Drive around 12:40 a.m.

The homeowner and his cat were in the structure at the time of the blaze but both escaped without injury.

Lafreniere says the homeowner had initially used a garden hose to put water onto the fire to try to keep it under control until firefighters arrived.

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Lafreni猫re estimates that approximately 15 per cent of the home was damaged.

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