Fire causes $60K in damage

Published 10:20 am Monday, May 18, 2015

A house fire caused about $60,000 worth of damage yesterday after firefighters put out the blaze.

No one was injured in the fire, which started about 3 a.m. Sunday at a house at the 1900 block of Oakland Avenue East.

Two adults and three children safely made it out of the house, according to Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy.

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Firefighters put out the flames in about 20 minutes. The fire is under investigation.