Early morning garage fires deemed suspicious

The Saskatoon Fire Department says a series of early morning blazes were deliberately set.

Crews were called out to 13 Maxwell Crescent around 4:35 a.m.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames pouring out of a two-car garage.

Fire gutted a garage at 13 Maxwell Crescent on July 19, 2017. (Saskatoon Fire Department)

The fire was brought under control within 18 minutes, according to a fire department news release.

The blaze also involved a fence and a shed at 15 Maxwell Crescent.

Crews also found a small fire smoldering behind another garage at 21 Maxwell Crescent.

An investigator later determined that the fires were started on purpose.

Total damage was estimated at $59,000.