Marty and Mitch Miller could have lost more than irreplaceable family photos when their garage and attic caught fire late Wednesday night.

”If we had been sound asleep, smoke inhalation, then dead,” said Marty Miller while sitting in the front yard of her southeast Bend home Thursday after the fire.

An electrical fire in the family’s garage broke out around 11:15 p.m., while the Millers were at home, said Marty’s husband, Mitch Miller, who was sleeping when the fire started. No one was injured in the fire.

The Millers’ son Robert noticed the lights flickering and went to check the circuit breaker, Mitch Miller said.

”We had just made nachos, and Robert went to the laundry room and saw smoke pouring out,” Marty Miller said. ”The nachos are still sitting on the counter, burned.”

Within three or four minutes, the entire garage was consumed by flames, Mitch Miller said. The Millers ran from the home immediately with their yellow Lab, Macy, he said.

”Mitch ran back in and crawled down the hallway to get the dog,” Marty Miller said.

Sixteen firefighters responded, and they contained the fire within 30 minutes, Bend Fire Department Battalion Chief Bill Boos said. They were able to save most of the home from being consumed by the flames, Boos said.

The firefighters even used tarps to cover the Millers’ leather furniture.

”They did an amazing job trying to save stuff,” Marty Miller said.

The Millers helped contain the fire by closing their doors when they ran from their home, Boos said. No other structures were damaged by the fire, but it destroyed all three of the Millers’ cars, Boos said.

”We acted aggressively,” Boos said.

”It took five minutes to actually douse the fire once we were on scene.”

Firefighters estimated damage to the Millers’ home, cars and belongings at about $250,000. The Millers had lived there for about three years, and they plan to stay in their mobile home while repairing their house, Mitch Miller said.

Everything was insured, Mitch Miller said.

On Thursday, a layer of black soot covered most of the walls, carpeting and furniture. Several parts of the roof had gaping holes.

”I just sent my check to pay off the car yesterday,” Marty Miller said.

The Millers had recently refinanced their home and paid off their Ford Explorer and Ford F-250 pickup truck.

”It’s hard enough watching your house burning, but to think your kids or someone is in there, I can’t imagine,” Marty Miller said.