GREENFIELD — No injuries were reported Thursday evening after a fire that started in a garage spread to the house next to it on Phillips Street.

Firefighters were called to 88 Phillips St. at around 5:30 p.m. for a reported garage fire. Fire Chief Robert Strahan said initial crews saw heavy smoke conditions, which initiated a first alarm, calling in mutual aid from surrounding towns. Firefighters saw a “well-involved” fire in the garage, he said, with the fire extending into the house and up the side of the home.

“Crews were able to knock down the bulk of the fire in the garage and then went in and were able to knock the fire inside the building down,” Strahan said. “There is some extensive damage to the second and first floors of the building and the garage sustained major damage.”

Strahan said there was a family in the house who escaped with no injuries, but he was unsure how many people were in the home. He added the habitability of the home was “to be determined.”

Nicholas DiMatteo, a neighbor of the home, said he was in his backyard with a friend when he noticed the smoke. Within a few minutes, he added, the fire began to spread, which caused him to bring his hose over to try to extinguish it.

“No smoke, then smoke — bam, just like that,” DiMatteo said. “His hose was melted, we ran mine over the fence and were trying to do our best and it escalated like that. … Probably within three minutes, that whole thing was involved. Then things escalated as we all retreated back to a safe distance.”

Strahan credited firefighters from his department, as well as South Deerfield, Bernardston and Turners Falls, for their work in extinguishing the fire quickly before more damage could occur.

“Crews arrived very quickly and were able to start extinguishing very quickly,” Strahan said, “and it was out in about 15 minutes.”

Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.