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A Galt home gutted, a car in the driveway nearly ruined and nearby trees charred.

That was the scene around 10 a.m. Monday on Quail Hollow Drive.

“When I walked over, I saw the pick up, saw the garage. It’s just devastating,” said homeowner Michael Martin.

Martin lived in the home for more than 20 years with his wife and son.

He says his first concern was for his son, who was home sleeping when the fire started.

Thankfully he made it out safely, but also in danger were his two cats.

Firefighters rescued both, one needed CPR.

“We were able to save the cat and get it off to the vet,” Richard Holmes with the Cosumnes Fire Department said.

As for Martin, he was so shaken by it all, he backed his pickup into a fire engine.

Investigators say the fire started in the garage and quickly spread to the back of the home and upstairs.

When they arrived, flames covered the home and threatened others close by.

“It is horrible. It is terrible, especially when your neighbor has lived there for that long. Their whole house is gone,” Allan Benett said.

Investigators say the cause is still under investigation.