Minor damage was the result of an early morning residential fire in Jefferson.

Fire Chief Jack Williams says they received a call about a fire at 108 West Wilcox Way just before 1am Thursday. When they arrived on scene, Williams says they could see lots of smoke coming from the basement, but were able to put out the flames quickly to contain the fire to one room in the basement.

Williams tells Raccoon Valley Radio that trash was surrounding a space heater that was on and caught the trash on fire, which then caught a couch on fire. No one was hurt in the incident, and the three occupants of the home were able to get out safely.

Williams says the fire was accidental in nature and the only property damage was to the space heater and couch, along with some smoke damage to other items in the basement. Firefighters were on scene for about an hour.

According to the Greene County Assessor’s page, the home is owned by Margaret Naylor.

The Jefferson Police Department, the Greene County Sheriff’s office and Greene County Emergency Medical Services assisted at the scene.