Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News)- Four people escaped a costly garage fire that broke out in an attached garage at a home in Stewartville earlier this week. 

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Olmsted County Sheriff’s Captain James Schueller says Olmsted County Sheriff’s Deputies were the first to arrive at the fire reported at a residence in the 600 block of 12th Ave. Northeast around 11:38 p.m. Wednesday. Responding deputies smelled smoke from outside of the home and learned the fire had started in an attached garage containing a 2018 GMC pick-up truck and a 2016 GMC SUV. 

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Firefighters from the Stewartville Fire Department located and extinguished the fire. Two adults and two children in the home were able to safely evacuate the structure. 

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Schueller said first responders determined the fire had started in the bed of the pick-up truck parked inside of the garage. The homeowner told deputies he had stored battery-operated hunting equipment in the pick-up bed. 

Schueller said the unofficial damage estimate from the fire is believed to be $100,000. He said the fire did not appear to be suspicious.

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