A father and son escaped a Saturday morning house fire in Columbus, but their home was a total loss.

The home on Smith Street was fully engulfed in flames and the first police on scene heard explosions inside, when they arrived at about 12:04 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Capt. Mike Wilson, spokesman for the Columbus Fire Department.

The resident said that the fire started in a recliner and then spread to oxygen equipment, the carpet and drapes. He tried to put the fire out and called for his son’s help, but the home was quickly filled with thick black smoke and they had to evacuate.

The resident said that he is a smoker, but he was not smoking at the time the fire started. Firefighters have classified the cause of the fire as accidental.

Firefighters had the fire out within 13 minutes of their arrival on the scene, Wilson says.

The damage to home and contents is estimated at about $100,000 dollars, Wilson said.