Crews from several towns fought a fire on Crowcroft Drive in Rindge on Sunday evening.

At 6:59 p.m., the Rindge Fire Department was dispatched on a first-alarm assignment on Crowcroft Drive for smoke inside the furnace room. Upon arrival, Deputy Fire Chief Chris Hill found a fire in the furnace room. A Rindge fire truck arrived on the scene, and its crew entered the building fight the fire and and search for victims.

A Jaffrey engine also arrived and assisted with suppression and search efforts alongside the Rindge crew. Two uninjured pets were located inside the building and were safely brought to their owners. The fire was contained to the furnace room and an adjoining bathroom.

A Winchendon engine laid a supply hose from Route 119 down Crowcroft Drive to the scene, and Ashby firefighters established a water supply at the nearby Crowcroft Pond dry hydrant site. However, the additional water supply was not needed, as the fire was extinguished with less than 500 gallons of water from the first-arriving Rindge engine.

The homeowner had shut off the power at the main breaker and closed all doors upon exiting the home, which helped limit the fire’s spread.

The Rindge Fire Department was assisted on the scene by mutual aid partners from the Jaffrey, Winchendon, Fitzwilliam and Ashby fire departments. An ambulance from Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance stood by at the scene. Rindge police and Eversource also assisted on-site.

An engine from the New Ipswich Fire Department covered the Rindge fire station during the incident and responded to a motor vehicle accident on Old Ashburnham Road while on cover duty.

The fire is not considered suspicious. A preliminary investigation by the Rindge Fire Department determined the probable cause to be electrical in nature.