CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Five people and several dogs were able to escape a house fire on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids Friday evening. Cedar Rapids firefighters were called to a home on the 800 block of 20th street southeast just after 7:30 p.m. Smoke was coming from the second floor of the home. Those people and dogs were able to escape the home without injury. Firefighters found more dogs inside the home. They were also unharmed.