Two displaced after fire breaks out at Jefferson City home Saturday morning

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two people were displaced, and a police officer was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a Jefferson City home Saturday morning.

According to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department, crews were called to a home in the 800 block of Clark Avenue around 7 Saturday morning. Firefighters found smoke coming from the second floor of the home and the Jefferson City Police Department located a resident in the home.

The person was helped out of the home.

Crews quickly extinguished the fire and contained it to the room of origin, the release says. A bedroom in the home was significantly damaged and the home experienced smoke and water damage throughout it.

A resident of the home was treated on scene and released for smoke inhalation. A police officer from the Jefferson City Police Department was also taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation.

The fire was ruled an accident.