Fire crews responded Wednesday morning to residential structure fire in an Eastgate neighborhood. Flames had engulfed a carport and the fire had spread to the adjoining structure. Three people living in the rental home were able to make it out safely.

The fire occurred in the 14800 block of SE 46th St. at around 4:30 a.m. Initial 911 calls indicated there was an explosion along with the fire. Fire crews did find a ruptured barbeque grill propane bottle among the fire debris and it was probably the source of the explosion. It is not known whether the rupture occurred before or after the main fire and fire investigators will be looking into that detail during their time at the scene.

There were no injuries to firefighters or occupants, but there may be one pet cat missing. No official damage estimate is established, but the amount of damage to the home is extensive. One car was also destroyed by the fire.