Multiple departments responded about 10 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 400 block of Edward Drive off Lakeshore Drive in Columbia.

A resident arrived home and smoke poured out when he opened the front door, per the initial emergency dispatch report. A dog was removed from the home, rushed to Bellson Animal Hospital in Columbia and then transferred to another location to be monitored. The rescued dog, named Bree, is now recovering from smoke inhalation.

“It was rewarding to be able to help a local family by transporting their dog emergent to Bellson for life-saving care,” Columbia EMS Chief Kim Lamprecht said. “They were great. They rushed her to the back and immediately started working on her.”

A fire located inside the basement of the home was knocked down shortly after 10:15 a.m., with firefighters remaining on scene to ventilate smoke from the structure.

The home is owned by Paul Jordan. His daughter, Kennedy Jordan, said three dogs were inside the residence when the fire broke out, with two of them escaping outside.

“Bree was stuck at the bottom of the stairs, closest to the flames,” Kennedy posted on Facebook. “She inhaled a lot of smoke and was unable to come out of the house to my dad’s calls for her. After being carried out, she was rushed to the animal hospital.”

A GoFundMe was set up to help the family with boarding costs, as the family and their dogs will be displaced until the house is properly treated. To donate, click here.

Assisting the Columbia fire and police departments and Columbia EMS at the scene were the Dupo, Prairie du Pont, Millstadt and Waterloo fire departments.