Two firefighters were treated on the scene after responding to and extinguishing a fire this morning on Honeysuckle Hill Lane in Easton.

The Easton Police Department received a 911 call at 8 o’clock from the homeowner, reporting smoke in the residence, according to Police Chief Richard Doyle.

The Easton Fire Department responded and quickly extinguished the fire that had started in the garage. The Easton Emergency Medical Service also responded to the scene, along with the police and firefighters.

“Two firefighters were treated by the EMS on the scene,” Doyle said. “One was for heat exhaustion and one received a minor laceration to the finger.”

Doyle referred further comment to Fire Chief Steve Waugh and the fire marshals who are still on the scene, investigating.

More details will be provided as they become available.

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By Nancy Doniger

Nancy Doniger worked as a journalist for three decades and was a founding editor of the nonprofit Easton Courier in partnership with the School of Communications, Media & the Arts at Sacred Heart University (SHU). She served two years as executive member and is now a contributing editing of the Easton Courier. She was a former managing editor of Hometown Publications and Hersam Acorn Newspapers covering Connecticut's Fairfield and New Haven counties. She was a correspondent for the Connecticut section of The New York Times from 1995 until the section was discontinued in 2006. Over the years she edited The Easton Courier, The Monroe Courier, The Bridgeport News and other community newspapers. She taught news editing as an adjunct professor at SHU and served as coordinator and member of the Community Assets Network for the Easton, Redding and Region 9 schools. She was a member of the Newtown Community Center Commission, member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), board member of the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA), and past president and board member of the Barnard Club of Connecticut. She has won awards for her writing from SPJ and NENPA.