No injuries reported after garage fire on Brooks Avenue in Chilliwack Friday morning

CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack fire crews battled a garage fire at a home on Brooks Avenue Friday morning.

Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says fire crews were dispatched at about 7:10 a.m. Friday morning (May 15) for the report of a structure fire in the 46000 block of Brooks Avenue. Firefighters upgraded the call to a second alarm once they saw a column of black smoke billowing from the property while they were on their way to the scene.

On arrival, crews encountered a large volume of fire and smoke coming from a single storey detached garage near the rear of the residential property.

Assistant Fire Chief Wilson says crews worked quickly to establish a water supply from a nearby fire hydrant and knocked down the fire before it could spread to the house on the property.

He says the garage sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported at this fire, and the fire is under investigation by Chilliwack Fire Department officials.