The garage fire was reported at about 6:30 a.m. It was brought under control by about 7 a.m. One car was inside the garage that burned down.

Bob Palgutt, who lives on Hudson right behind garage that caught fire on St. John's, said he heard a transformer pop at about 6:30 a.m. Palgutt, his wife and two children evacuated their house, which abuts the garage. He said he wasn't sure if fire spread to his home.

Daniel Culross, who lives across street from the garage fire, said he saw smoke billowing at about 6:30 a.m.

Another neighbor, Taylor Benning, who lives two doors down, noticed the power was out at his home because his neon orange clock was off. Things got bright again, so he thought power came back. But that brightness was from the fire.

"It was as light as day," Benning said.

One of this morning's garbage tote fires was down the street on St Johns Place pic.twitter.com/hORmUru5Mx — Aaron Besecker (@AaronBesecker) March 22, 2017