FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) An early morning fire this morning on the city’s Southeast Side destroyed one home and damaged two adjacent residences.

Firefighters were called just before 3-30 on a report of a house fully engulfed at the intersection of East Caroline and Pontiac Streets.

They found a two story home fully involved and say the fire spread to a second home and damaged a third. Five people made it out of the second home involved safely – the house that was fully engulfed was vacant according to neighbors. The blaze was brought under control by 4 AM with no injuries.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.