UPDATE: Firefighters battle fire on Olive Avenue in Redding

Fire at home on Olive Avenue None

Redding firefighters quickly put out a fire today that started in a wall before spreading to the attic at a home in the 1100 block of Olive Avenue in downtown Redding.

The fire was reported around 11 a.m. when the resident, Joe Baker, returned home for lunch and saw smoke coming out of the attic vents. Baker dashed in, rescued his two dogs and ran back out of the house.

I got home, I got both of them out," Baker said. "The house was full of smoke."

There were no injuries, contrary to original reports.

Firefighters spent hours mopping up the fire at 1174 Olive Avenue.

Redding fire investigator Craig Wittner believes the fire was sparked by the home's electric system in a wall by the front door.

Baker said he saw flames shooting out of a wall socket when he went inside to recuse his dogs.

The fire smoldered inside the wall before moving into the attic, Wittner said.

"He's lucky," Wittner said of Baker. "He came home for lunch and saw the smoke. Had he not come home who knows how much longer that wall would've burned unchecked."

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UPDATE: Firefighters battle fire on Olive Avenue in Redding