Early morning fire destroys a Saskatoon home and garage

A fire early Saturday morning tore through a Pacific Heights home, destroying it and a detached garage.

Saskatoon fire crews battled a blaze on Johnson Crescent on June 6, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Department)

Crews responded to multiple 911 calls about a fire on the 300 block of Johnson Crescent at 1:11 a.m.

Arriving firefighters found the garage engulfed in flames. Fire extended to the back of the house with fallen power lines.

Crews got the fire under control around 3 a.m. and remained on the scene to extinguish hot spots.

A man and woman that live in the house were not home at the time of the fire.

Firefighters discovered two dead dogs during a search of the structure.

The house and garage are a total loss with $400,000 in damage.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.

Later on Saturday afternoon, crews responded to a fire in the 100 block of Avenue O South.

The building was a boarded up home and nobody was inside.

However, the fire department considers the blaze to be suspicious.