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

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Credit: Palm Bay Fire Rescue

Credit: Palm Bay Fire Rescue

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.

"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)."

No other details were given.

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