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Drew Barrymore, Tom Green escape injury in house fire

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Green, left, and Barrymore, right, speak to firefighters on Sunday  

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Firefighters from the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills fire departments put out a blaze early Sunday at the reported home of actress Drew Barrymore.

Camera crews at the scene report seeing Barrymore and her fiancé, comedian Tom Green, leaving the home, on the border of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles in the 90210 ZIP code.

There were no injuries.

Fire officials responded at 3:25 a.m. (6:25 a.m. EST) to find the home and the adjacent brush-covered hillside in flames.

Damage to the two-story home was estimated at $700,000, said Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells.

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More than a dozen fire crews and two helicopters fought the blaze that engulfed the attic and second floor.

It took 60 firefighters 54 minutes to put out the fire in the 5,000-square-foot home.

The fire is under investigation.

Reuters contributed to this report.



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