Saanich Fire had to act fast in order to save a house near the University of Victoria Sunday.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at Galaxy Place around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Capt. Darwin Schellenberg says 3 fire crews responded.
"We saw smoke coming in from McKenzie so we knew it was significant. Our team did a fast attack knocked a good portion of the fire, to begin with then we had to set up a ladder to perform ladder operations because it was unsafe to go inside at the time."
The cause of the fire is unknown at this point but smoke and water damage is significant.