LISBON (WGME) — Crews responded to an early morning fire on Route 196 in Lisbon.

Lisbon’s Fire Chief says there were three adults and seven children asleep when the fire broke out. They all managed to get out safely.

There is a lot of damage to the front of the home, and the garage and the family’s van was destroyed.

The fire started just before 4 a.m. Thursday in an unattached garage behind the home.

Crews from Lewiston, Topsham, Sabattus, and Durham helped Lisbon get the fire under control.

Lisbon Fire Chief Nathan LeClair says an adult was using the garage as an apartment, smelled smoke, and then got everyone else in the home up and out.

He says the family is lucky no one was hurt.

“Very fortunate, luckily in this case, the occupant who was residing in the garage woke up to see the smoke and then alerted everybody in the house as well. Especially since there were no smoke detectors in the house or the garage, so we are pretty fortunate,” LeClair said.

The Red Cross is assisting the family.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

An early morning fire severely damaged a home on Route 196 in Lisbon on Thursday.  (WGME)

The occupants of the home at 381 Lisbon Street in Lisbon escaped when a fire tore through their home early Friday morning. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)