The surveillance camera revealed everything .. a dog lights a stove and burns a house (video)

An American family was shocked to return, to find the house had been burned, without knowing the culprit.

Several units of the Kansas City Fire Department and South Platte Fire Department were called Thursday morning to fight the fire at the family's home, and were able to rescue the family's two dogs.

But after reviewing the CCTV footage from inside what was left of the house, the family was shocked to learn the identity of the perpetrator.

According to American sites, the shock was when the surveillance camera showed one of the two family dogs standing on his hind legs at the kitchen stove, turning on one of the burners, before he carelessly wandered into the house.

Within minutes, pre-cooked greasy food caught fire, and soon the flames spread all over the place, the ground floor of the house.

Video footage shows the effects of the fire that destroyed the entire contents of the kitchen and living room, with damage estimated at tens of thousands of dollars.

None of the two dogs in the house were injured in the fire.

District Police Chief Chris Denny called on homeowners to be wary of new devices and touch gadgets, and urged people to use the safety system to prevent this type of accident, as young children or animals can also activate these types of devices with a touch. Button from the hands of children or the claws of domestic animals.

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