A family in Campbell awoke this morning to find a fire burning in their garage and, after attempts to put it out with a garden hose, called 911.

The Santa Clara County Fire Department brought the two-alarm blaze in the 600 block of Sobrato Drive under control in about 20 minutes, according to Chief Fire Investigator Dennis Johnson.

Shortly after 5 a.m., a female family member walked into the garage to do laundry and was greeted by flames, Johnson said. The daughter called her dad, who first tried to knock down the blaze with a fire extinguisher. When that failed, the man ran outside, grabbed a garden hose and dragged it through the house to the garage, Johnson said. At that point, “the fire was growing too much for the garden hose to put out,” Johnson said.

The man’s daughter had called 911 at about 5:20 a.m. About 30 firefighters responded to the scene and had the blaze under control at 5:40 a.m., Johnson said.

The man suffered first-degree burns on both hands and was treated at the scene, Johnson said. He did not immediately go to the hospital, Johnson said.

The blaze was mostly limited to the garage, Johnson said. Combustible materials that were too close to the furnace caused the blaze, Johnson said.

Contact Mark Gomez at 408-920-5869.