Fire destroys Glenbrook detached garage and vehicle within

An investigation is underway into a Thursday morning fire in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood that destroyed a garage and a vehicle.

Emergency crews were called to the 2800 block of 45th Street Southwest shortly after 9 a.m. and encountered dark smoke and flames pouring from a fenced-off detached garage, the fire department says.

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Residents were evacuated from neighbouring homes as a precautionary measure.

The blaze was doused before it could spread to other properties but the garage, and the vehicle within, were reduced to charred frames.

Fire officials confirm there were also propane cylinders housed in the garage but they didn’t explode.

Investigators from both the Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Fire Department are attempting to determine the cause of the fire.