Firefighters: Grill could be to blame for Fourth of July house fire

A grill could be to blame for a house fire on Independence Day, according to officials with Palm Bay Fire Rescue.

Firefighters said they were called Wednesday to a home on Yukon Street Northeast near Malabar Road Northeast and Emerson Drive Northeast.

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"BBQ grill may have spread the fire to the home," the agency said in a tweet. "PBFR crews currently working to save the home and extinguish the fire along with crews for (Brevard County Fire Rescue)."

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— Palm Bay Fire Rescue (@PBFR) July 4, 2018

No other details were given.

Video from Yukon St SE fire today.#PBFR @BCFRpio pic.twitter.com/3wfzgUvy0K
— Palm Bay Fire Rescue (@PBFR) July 4, 2018

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