No Injuries in Early Morning Fire

A family of three escaped an early morning fire without injury Friday morning.

At about 4:30 a.m. the Saline Area Fire Department was called to a fire at 341 Berkshire.

“I was the first on the scene. The attached garage was fully involved,” said Fire Chief Craig Hoeft.

Hoeft said the family, a man and woman and college-aged son, heard the fire alarm and evacuated the house, safe and sound.

The fire department was able to keep the fire from spreading to the house.

“We knocked the fire down in about 20 minutes and kept the fire from getting in the house. There was smoke and water damage to the house,” said Hoeft.

The neighboring houses were evacuated, as well. Hoeft said the fire melted siding on one of the neighboring homes.

In all, 16 members of the department were on site battle the blaze. Huron Valley Ambulance and Saline Police were also on the scene.

Hoeft said that the fire is being investigated although, he said, it did not appear suspicious.

Many in the neighborhood watched firefighters battle the blaze.

Brian Gowing, who lives across the street, described the scene.

“We were woken up with screams and explosions and I went outside and saw the house fully engulfed in flames,” Gowing said.