A midtown family is without a home after an overnight fire.

The St. Joseph Fire Department responded to a house fire around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of North 19th Street.

When fire crews arrived on scene smoke was coming out of the windows.

Fire Department Inspector Steve Henrichson said the family had been having some electrical problems earlier in the night and had shut off the breaker not thinking anything about it.  The family’s dog began barking in the middle of the night waking them up to find smoke coming from the roof.

Henrichson said the cause of the fire was electrical and estimates the damage at around $25,000.

The three family members that had been living in the house are now being assisted by the Red Cross.