First responders were called out earlier this week to a house fire at 7300 10th Ave. SW near Garfield.

According to the report, Douglas County deputies arrived at the scene and saw flames on one side of the house.  The owner of the home, Mario Rodriquez, 42, had left the house around noon and said that nobody was at the home at the time of the fire.

Firefighters from Garfield and Alexandria were on the scene and put the fire out.

Authorities say there is extensive damage to the house and all of its contents.

The fire appears to have started in the kitchen area of the house.

The fire remains under investigation.