Investigators with the Madison Fire Department say rags and painting materials that weren’t thrown away correctly are to blame for a garage fire on the city’s far east side Wednesday. The fire department was called to Alton Drive near the Highway 30/I-90/94 interchange just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after a homeowner returned home to find alarms sounding and smoke coming from the front door. After checking the home, fire crews eventually found the active fire inside the garage. Firefighters were able to put out the fire after just a few minutes, but the fire and heat from the flames did cause damage to the items in the garage and the room of the home attached to the garage.