Firefighters from the City of Wausau are responding to a garage fire on the west side of town. The call came in around 12:45 p.m. Thursday for a fire near the corner of Russell Drive and 56th Avenue. A battalion chief told Newschannel 7 one person was home when the fire started in the garage, but got safely out of the home. The house was not damaged. As of around 1:15 our crew said the fire appeared to be under control, but the garage was still smoldering. The cause of the fire is under investigation.