A family of five and their pets were displaced Thursday morning when a fire gutted their home in the Egger Highlands neighborhood of southern San Diego, authorities said.
The non-injury blaze was reported around 2:45 a.m. at a house in the 1700 block of Thelborn Way, south of Satellite Boulevard, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Firefighters arrived and found that flames had spread from the back of the property to the house, a fire dispatch supervisor said.
Crews doused the fire and had the flames knocked down within 35 minutes, the dispatch supervisor said.
The family had been using a generator in the backyard to feed power to the home and investigators believe the generator sparked the blaze, 10News reported.
The American Red Cross was called in to help the displaced residents — two adults, three children, a dog, a cat and a pig — arrange for temporary lodging.
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