Family Escapes Silver Lake Garage Fire

SILVER LAKE, CA — A fire destroyed a garage in Silver Lake Friday morning, but firefighters were able to stop it before it spread to an adjacent home.

The blaze engulfed the garage of a multi-level home in the 2100 block of West Audrey Place at 1:41 a.m. Friday morning. It spread to a patio, however, firefighters stopped the flames before they could get into the residence, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.

A woman and child got out of the home before firefighters arrived, Stewart said.

The 64 responding firefighters put out the flames in 22 minutes, she said.

No injuries were reported.

City News Service contributed to this report.