Fire causes $100,000 in damage to Austin garage The homeowner told emergency responders that he had a heat lamp installed to keep baby ducks and other fowl warm. Written By: Post Bulletin staff reports | 12:53 pm, May 6, 2021 × AUSTIN — A fire that broke out in an Austin garage caused $100,000 worth of damage early Thursday. Deputies with the Mower County Sheriff's Office, Brownsdale and Austin fire departments, and Mayo Clinic Ambulance were called around 3:20 a.m. to the 58000 block of 220th Street in Austin for a report of a garage fully engulfed in fire, according to Mower County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mark May.