BATON ROUGE — Firefighters saved two dogs from a burning home on Bellfort Drive Tuesday afternoon, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

Crews were dispatched shortly after 1:10 p.m. to a single-family residence at 1655 Bellfort Drive. Upon arrival at around 1:18 p.m., firefighters saw heavy smoke pouring from the roof of the single-story house.

Inside, teams found heavy fire burning in the front room and spreading toward the kitchen. Firefighters managed to contain the flames to those areas, bringing the fire under control by 1:33 p.m. While direct fire damage was limited to the front of the home, the rest of the structure sustained heavy smoke and water damage.

No residents were home when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported among civilians or responding personnel. Crews successfully located and rescued two unharmed dogs from inside the house. 

BRFD contacted the Red Cross to provide emergency assistance to the family of seven—two adults and five children—who live at the residence.

Investigators determined the cause of the fire to be a malfunctioning electrical outlet in the home's living room. 

Baton Rouge Police, EMS, Entergy and the East Side Fire Department also responded to the scene.