{"id":142034,"date":"2026-01-20T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142034\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:37:07","slug":"fresno-firefighters-save-birthday-celebration-with-new-cake-after-cupcake-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142034\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno firefighters save birthday celebration with new cake after cupcake fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 What started as a scary situation over the weekend ended with a sweet surprise, thanks to Fresno firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Fire Department says they responded to a report of a house fire.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived they found smoke coming from an oven that had cupcakes baking  inside.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/early-morning-lines-for-new-randys-donuts-grand-opening-in-clovis-free-randys-clovis-t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Early morning lines for new Randy&#8217;s Donuts grand opening in Clovis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firefighters learned the tenants were baking cupcakes for a birthday celebration when the oven caught fire, damaging the cupcakes and putting the party on pause.<\/p>\n<p>Not wanting the birthday to end on a sour note, the crew from Engine 12 stepped in. <\/p>\n<p>After making sure everyone was safe, firefighters went out and purchased a replacement cake for the family, surprising them and saving the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Fire officials say moments like these highlight what community service is all about, turning a stressful moment into a reason to smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 What started as a scary situation over the weekend ended with a sweet surprise,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-142034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}