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Half Moon Bay Fire Causes $20,000 Damage This Morning

Fire took place at one-story house on San Mateo Road before 9 a.m.

A fire caused an estimated $20,000 in damage to a house in Half Moon Bay this morning, according to Cal Fire officials.

Coastside Fire Protection District units responded to reports of fire at a one-story house at 12599 San Mateo Road just before 9 a.m., according to Cal Fire.

Arriving firefighters reported smoke coming from the house and found flames in a rear bedroom wall.

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Good Samaritans had apparently started to put out the fire before firefighters arrived, and the flames were quickly contained.

No one was injured, according to Cal Fire.

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Units from the San Mateo County Fire Department, the Central County Fire Department and the Half Moon Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded.

The cause remains under investigation.

- Bay City News

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