No one was injured following an early morning house fire in Peterborough’s north end.
Around 2:25 a.m. Peterborough Fire Services responded to a report of smoke in a building and possible fire in a wall to a home on Mason Street.
According to platoon chief Stephen Reid, a woman and several children were alerted by a working smoke alarm and managed to get out safely before fire crews arrived on scene.
When firefighters arrived, he said smoke was visible from the second storey of the home.
He said firefighters quickly worked to extinguish the fire and limit damage.
The cause of the fire has been deemed electrical, Reid said.
Damage is pegged at $65,000.