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Fire breaks out in parking garage of Brackenridge
UPDATE: Austin Fire Department officials say the cause of a fire that consumed two vehicles in a parking garage at University Medical Center Brackenridge is accidental.
It was a engine compartent fire in one vehicle that had spread to the second vehicle, officials said. Estimated damage to both vehicles is $80,000.
EARLIER: The Austin Fire Department has extinguished a fire that broke out in the parking garage of the University Medical Center Brackenridge, at 601 E. 15th St.
The fire involved two vehicles in the parking garage, a department spokesperson said. Five fire trucks were dispatched to the scene at 2:42 p.m. and the fire was under control within 20 minutes, officials said.
Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire and damages, the official said. There have been no reports of injuries.
