BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a house fire around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Avenue C near Mills. 

According to BRFD, a pot had been left on the stove.

No one was home at the time of the incident except the dog. Paramedics were seen in an ambulance giving first aid to the dog rescued from the fire. 

WBRZ has learned that the dog "Dorothy" is fine.

The house received significant smoke damange. Red Cross was called out to assist the family.