Fire starts on back deck and spreads to roof of home

Quick work by a tenant and fire crews kept a residential fire in Vernon from causing more damage.

Vernon Fire Rescue received multiple calls on reports that flames could be seen coming from the roof of a single-storey house in the 4100 block of 20^th Street around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Three apparatus and 10 firefighters attended the scene. Upon arrival, they found a fire had started on the back deck of a home and extended to the roof. A tenant was spraying water on the fire from a garden hose.

Firefighters quickly pulled a line and knocked the fire down, minimizing damage to the structure and stopping it from spreading into the roof.