(La Porte County, IN) - Local firefighters had to put out a blaze at the home of James Bond.

 

No, not the famous fictional secret agent, of course, but an actual person who lives just outside La Porte and happens to share the name of the long-running character from print and film.

 

On Monday afternoon, firefighters were called to the 3900 block of East 100 South where the 64-year-old Bond was trying to put out a vehicle fire with a garden hose.

 

According to investigators, Bond had kept an SUV in his garage since the spring and finally took it for a drive two weeks ago.

 

On Monday, he started it up again and, while it was idling in his driveway for about 15 minutes, the engine compartment caught fire.

 

Help was then needed from Pleasant Township firefighters, who put out the blaze that was no match for Bond’s garden hose.

 

The cause of the fire, so far, is not known, per officials.