Several vehicles and an outdoor furnace were destroyed in a fire in Woodstock on Friday night.

Firefighters from Muddy Brook Fire Department responded to Paine District Road around 9 p.m. for a report of a detached garage on fire with exposure.

When fire crews arrived, they said they found a 20′ by 20′ building with fire throughout.

According to fire officials, several vehicles and an outdoor furnace were destroyed in the fire.

The fire did not spread from the building of origin and no injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Whether you’re getting last minute shopping done or hitting the roads for the holidays, it was a busy Friday night.

Nearly a million people in our state will be hitting the road this holiday season to see family and friends, but before they can do that, they’re getting some last-minute holiday shopping done.

It’s hard to have the season of giving, without it being the season of spending, too.

“Clothes, makeup, hair supplies, brushes, earrings, and looking at apple products,” Anne Tomchuck, of Orange, said.

“A few jackets for winter,” Cassie McKittrick, of Branford, said.

Shoppers flocked to The Shops at Yale in New Haven to get gifts for loved ones.

Some are there to find the steals, like Tomchuck.

“Last minute deals, we’re hoping for a last-minute deal or a trade-in deal,” she said.

Others are embracing the last-minute shopping experience, like John McKittrick, of Branford.

“If I was a little craftier, I probably should have saved money, but I didn’t,” he said.

For the retailers themselves, Jahnaya Stone of Lou Lou Boutiques said local stores are getting lots of love.

“It’s definitely getting busy, especially this weekend,” Stone said. “Until Christmas Eve, we’re going to be open until nine instead of eight because it’s going to be busy.”

If crowds at shopping centers don’t tell you it’s the holiday season, the snowy highways will.

“Yeah the roads were fine, there’s no slickness out there,” Jon, of Madison, said.

People stopping at the Branford rest stop off Interstate 95 said traffic was mild during rush hour. But with a cold snap coming on one of the busiest travel days of the year, CT Department of Transportation vehicles were out in full force.

“I see ppl putting salt on the roads, I see people pulling over, police officers, emergency workers working,” Mekhi Barnett, of Stamford, said.

If you’re planning to travel the next few days by car, AAA says the morning is better to travel leading up to, and after, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The worst times to travel are the mid-day to afternoon hours.

Warming centers will open their doors across the state amid cold temperatures this weekend and into next week.

Saturday marks the first day of winter, and it will feel like the new season with highs in the 20s and low 30s.

By Sunday morning, the wind chill will fall below 0.

Winds will be gusting up to 25 miles per hour early on Sunday, so conditions will feel a bit bitter. The northwest hill towns will feel the worst of it.

Temperatures will remain low through Christmas Eve on Tuesday.

There is a possibility for some snow and rain showers on Christmas Eve and into early Christmas Day.

Our StormTracker meteorologists are monitoring the timing and temperatures associated with this system.

To see local warming centers near you, click here.