BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Fire causes damage,...

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Fire causes damage, but no one is injured

A fire that broke out in a Newport Beach home Monday caused

$50,000 in damages and appeared to have started where a fireplace

vent met a wall, fire officials said.

Firefighters from Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa and the

Orange County Fire Authority put out the blaze about 90 minutes after

it was reported. Before the home’s residents left for dinner, they

shut off the gas fireplace in the newly remodeled, two-story home at

2041 Port Provence in the Harbor View Homes Community. The residents

said they did smell a hint of smoke. When they returned, they found

their home full of smoke. The fire was in the attic and wall space

near the new gas fireplace, which made it more difficult to knock

down. No one was hurt.