Multiple departments responded about 10 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 400 block of Edwards 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 and rushed to an animal hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.

A fire found inside the home was knocked down shortly after 10:15 a.m., with firefighters remaining on scene to ventilate the residence.

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