Torrance fire Capt. Steve Deuel took these photos Monday of a couple of fires.One fire gutted a detached garage behind a Torrance house after it ignited about 11:35 a.m. in the 2100 block of 237th Street.
Dark smoke and flames spewed from the garage, Deuel said.
Passersby noticed the smoke and called for help.
Firefighters knocked down the blaze in 10 minutes. The owner was not home.
The cause was under investigation. A damage estimate was not available.
"The garage was pretty much a total loss," Deuel said.
Nobody was hurt.
In a separate fire Monday in Torrance, firefighters doused a small blaze in a wood-shingled
facade on the exterior or a condominium in the 2500 block of 235th Street.No one was hurt.
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