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Quickly Extinguished 

Firefighters blame that old favorite, a problematic extension cord, for a Saturday blaze that did $15,000 in damage to one room and its contents in a garden courtyard apartment at 2233 Blake St. 

The 911 call reached firefighters at 5:59 p.m., and when they arrived moments later, they found flames shooting out of a window, said Deputy Fire Chief David Orth. 

The flames were quickly extinguished, with the damaged confined to a single room, Orth said.µ