Damage is pegged at $15,000 after a fire ripped through a room at a Niagara Falls motel, Friday night.

The Niagara Falls Fire Department was called to the Valley Way Motel around 10:30 p.m. Friday and found a room in the 10-unit hotel engulfed in flames.

"Flames were visible. It was a working fire," said Brian Dickson, director of fire prevention.

A female tenant in the room was able to escape the fire and no injuries were reported.

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation but the initial investigation suggests the cause was combustibles being stored close to a heat source, Dickson said.