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Several classic cars damaged in Citrus Heights garage fire

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CITRUS HEIGHTS — Multiple classic cars were heavily damaged in a garage fire that was threatening homes in a Citrus Heights neighborhood, officials said Monday.

It happened at around 2 p.m. along Poplar Avenue. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said a detached garage caught on fire behind a home there. Inside the garage were "multiple muscle car-era vehicles" that were all heavily involved in flames, the fire district said.

Eight cars In total were either damaged or destroyed.

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Sacramento Metro Fire

Images from the scene show the entire garage and the vehicles inside engulfed in the fire.

No one was injured.

Firefighters extinguished the fire before it spread to other homes. Sacramento Metro Fire said the cause remains under investigation.

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