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A fire that caused $150,000 in damage to a Lynnwood home is being blamed on an electric short.

It started just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in the 6100 block of 180th Street SW. Investigators say there was a short in some ungrounded extension cords in the garage workshop. Flames then spread to a bedroom directly above the garage.

Three adults and a 13-year-old boy were home at the time. The mother and boy, who were sleeping, were awakened by smoke alarms and escaped. The father and a friend tried to put out the fire with a garden hose. The father received some minor first-degree burns and smoke inhalation.

Nearly two dozen crews from Lynnwod, Mukilteo and Fire District 1 arrived to fight the fire.  A lot of combustible material in the garage made it difficult to access. They stopped the flames from spreading to the attic.

The house sustained about $75,000 in damage with an equal amount of damage to the contents.