Topeka Fire Department battles house fire

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Fire Department is working on extinguishing a fire in central Topeka.

The TFD is at a house that was fully engulfed in flames in the 1100 block of Southwest Garfield. The fire department has been battling the fire for over an hour. The fire is near the Lowman Hill Elementary School and has shut down the road in front of the school.

A 27 News reporter says the fire department has a hose stretched from the house to a fire hydrant around the street corner. He says houses on either side of the fire appear scorched. The Topeka Fire Department said they had to deal with two non-functional fire hydrants.

A local man, Michael Cowan, saw the blaze and went into the home to rescue two older people inside.

“When I opened the door up it was engulfed inside in flames and they were in there, so I pulled them out,” Cowan said.

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