Name: Smoke Rising From Garage Fire video
Uploaded: 2026-08-20T17:52:49.000Z
Description: Firefighters responded to a house fire at a duplex in Raytown, Missouri, where heavy smoke was reported. No people were inside the affected structure, but two cats were in the adjacent unit. Crews assessed the fire's spread from the garage into the duplex walls.

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Firefighters responded to a house fire at a duplex in Raytown, Missouri, where heavy smoke was reported. No people were inside the affected structure, but two cats were in the adjacent unit. Crews assessed the fire's spread from the garage into the duplex walls.

Smoke Rising From Garage Fire

Firefighters have completed safety checks and are exiting the building.

Emergency dispatch, can we get Red Cross?

 Received, Red Cross. Do we have a number of adults, children, and any pets?

 Not the number of adults yet. I think it's two and two pets, cats.

Emergency dispatch, can we get Red Cross? Received, Red Cross. Do we have a number of adults, children, and any pets? Not the number of adults yet. I think it's two and two pets, cats.

Firefighters have requested Red Cross assistance for two adults and two cats.

Rescue 9, I'll clear your secondary basement.

Rescue 9, I'll clear your secondary basement. Copy, secondary clear.

Firefighters confirm the basement is clear of any fire or trapped occupants.

Emergency interior, you guys pulling ceiling in there?

 Negative, do we got reason to believe that we got anything going on up there?

 Well, we got some brown, thick brown smoke still coming out.

Emergency interior, you guys pulling ceiling in there? Negative, do we got reason to believe that we got anything going on up there? Is that all just fat smoke? Well, we got some brown, thick brown smoke still coming out. I don't know if that's residual or not. Copy that, we'll keep checking.

Firefighters are investigating thick brown smoke to determine if it's residual or indicates further fire spread.

Pumper 51, how much extension do you guys have from that garage?

Pumper 51, how much extension do you guys have from that garage? Did it get up in the walls?

Firefighters are assessing the fire's extension from the garage into the duplex walls.

52 to command, we've got a car in the garage, run back.

Command to dispatch, reported nobody's in the structure.

 We have two cats in the building next door in the duplex.

Command to dispatch, reported nobody's in the structure. We have two cats in the building next door in the duplex.

Pumper 51 on scene. Pumper 51 on scene. Dispatch, add Car 57, show me en route. Car 57, make the call. Car 51's on scene, assuming command. Car 51 on scene, assuming command.

Firefighters report there are no people inside the affected structure, but two cats are in the adjacent duplex.

Pumper 52 is on scene. We got heavy smoke showing from the back of a duplex. Go ahead and make this a working fire response. 52 is going to be out on a TAC. Make this Hawthorne. We got a plug at 75th and Hawthorne.

 52 on scene, heavy smoke showing, working fire being ordered. And plug at 75 and Hawthorne.

Pumper 52 is on scene. We got heavy smoke showing from the back of a duplex. Go ahead and make this a working fire response. 52 is going to be out on a TAC. Make this Hawthorne. We got a plug at 75th and Hawthorne. 52 on scene, heavy smoke showing, working fire being ordered. And plug at 75 and Hawthorne.

Firefighters report heavy smoke from the back of a duplex and have declared it a working fire.

Car 51, Car 105, Pumper 50, 1, 52, 43, Truck 8, Truck 13, Rescue 9, Medic 533, 7508

 Hawthorne, house fire, respond, TAC 5. Car 51, Car 105, Pumper 51, Pumper 52, Pumper

Car 51, Car 105, Pumper 50, 1, 52, 43, Truck 8, Truck 13, Rescue 9, Medic 533, 7508 Hawthorne, house fire, respond, TAC 5. Car 51, Car 105, Pumper 51, Pumper 52, Pumper 43, Truck 8, Truck 13, Rescue 9, Medic.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a house fire.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 7508 Hawthorne Ave.

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