An overloaded extension cord is to blame for a small garage fire in the town of Jacksonport Friday morning. It was around 2:20 a.m. when members of the Jacksonport and Egg Harbor Fire Department responded to the report of smoke coming out of the garage of a home located on Lost Lake Road. The extension cord, which had several things plugged into it, was located above the floor in the garage and started some of the contents inside the structure on fire. Jacksonport Fire Chief Tom Ash says there are some valuable lessons that came out of it.

The scene was cleared shortly before 3:45 a.m. Ash says there were no injuries in the fire and estimates there was about $5,000 worth of the damage.