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Caldwell fire crews contain house fire, rescue dog

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CALDWELL, Idaho — The Caldwell Fire Department said crews successfully stopped the forward progression of a house fire on Tuesday evening.

In a Facebook post, the department said at 5:54 p.m., crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire.

After getting to the scene, the first-arriving crew found that a deck fire had extended inside the residence and into the attic space.

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Fire crews initiated an "aggressive interior attack", stopping forward progression and successfully containing the fire to the kitchen and attic areas.

Caldwell Fire responding crews rescued a dog from the residence, but reported there were no occupants inside the home at the time of the incident.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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