(Arnolds Park)--Three homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by fire Tuesday afternoon in Arnolds Park.

The Arnolds Park-Okoboji Fire Department says just before 4:30 p.m. firefighters were called to a garage explosion at 39 Allen Avenue in Arnolds Park. When firefighters arrived, they found three house on fire.

Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in about one hour and 15 minutes. Officials say the homes were on a narrow one way street which made fighting the fire especially challenging.

No one was in the houses at the time of the fire, but a bystander was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and refused to go to the hospital.

Officials say two of the houses will be total losses, while the third was heavily damaged.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The Arnolds Park-Okoboji Fire Department was assisted at the scene by the Milford Fire Department, Dickinson County Emergency Management, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, the Arnolds Park and Okoboji Police Departments, Alliant Energy and Black Hills Energy.