The La Broquerie Fire Department was called to a house fire on Bambi Bay in Zhoda around 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

Fire Chief Al Nadeau says the two residents of the house were awakened by the smoke and alarms and called the fire department as soon as they noticed the fire. He notes Zhoda is quite a drive from La Broquerie, but they got lucky and were still able to save the house.

"When we got there, there was a hobby room was fully involved and we managed to contain the fire to that room. The damage will be around 50 or 60 thousand for cleaning up and fixing that room."

Nadeau says La Broquerie firefighters did an excellent job and were on site for about three hours.