PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A fire early Tuesday caused an estimated $40,000 in damages to a pair of garages in Peoria’s East Bluff.

Just after 5:30 a.m., a Peoria Fire Department battalion chief said first arriving crews saw large amounts of smoke near Knoxville and McClure avenues.

Firefighters found a one-stall detached garage engulfed in flames in the alley of 2407 N. Dechman Ave. The fire spread to the two-stall garage next to it, the chief said.

He said crews used several hoses and put out the fire within 15 minutes, preventing flames from spreading to the inside of the adjacent garage.

The fire department released several photos of firefighters battling the flames.

Damage is estimated at $30,000 for the one-stall garage and $10,000 for the two-stall garage.

No one was injured, a

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