diff --git a/docs/docs/integrations/api.md b/docs/docs/integrations/api.md
index fbdb5a25d..e7d85574d 100644
--- a/docs/docs/integrations/api.md
+++ b/docs/docs/integrations/api.md
@@ -307,11 +307,16 @@ Create a manual API with a given `label` (ex: doorbell press) to capture a speci
   "subLabel": "some_string", // add sub label to event
   "duration": 30, // predetermined length of event (default: 30 seconds) or can be to null for indeterminate length event
   "include_recording": true, // whether the event should save recordings along with the snapshot that is taken
-  "draw": { // optional bounding box that will be drawn on the snapshot
-    "box": [0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25], // box consists of x, 1, width, height which are on a scale between 0 - 1
-    "color": [255, 0, 0], // color of the box, default is red
-    "score": 100, // optional score of the object
-  },
+  "draw": {
+    // optional annotations that will be drawn on the snapshot
+    "boxes": [
+      {
+        "box": [0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25], // box consists of x, 1, width, height which are on a scale between 0 - 1
+        "color": [255, 0, 0], // color of the box, default is red
+        "score": 100 // optional score of the object
+      }
+    ]
+  }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/frigate/events/external.py b/frigate/events/external.py
index 9dd8d98c9..87befe559 100644
--- a/frigate/events/external.py
+++ b/frigate/events/external.py
@@ -107,23 +107,24 @@ class ExternalEventProcessor:
                     p.write(png.tobytes())
 
         # write jpg snapshot with optional annotations
-        if draw.get("box"):
-            x = draw["box"][0] * camera_config.detect.width
-            y = draw["box"][1] * camera_config.detect.height
-            width = draw["box"][2] * camera_config.detect.width
-            height = draw["box"][3] * camera_config.detect.height
+        if draw.get("boxes") and isinstance(draw.get("boxes"), list):
+            for box in draw.get("boxes"):
+                x = box["box"][0] * camera_config.detect.width
+                y = box["box"][1] * camera_config.detect.height
+                width = box["box"][2] * camera_config.detect.width
+                height = box["box"][3] * camera_config.detect.height
 
-            draw_box_with_label(
-                img_bytes,
-                x,
-                y,
-                x + width,
-                y + height,
-                label,
-                f"{draw.get('score', '-')}% {int(width * height)}",
-                thickness=2,
-                color=draw.get("color", (255, 0, 0)),
-            )
+                draw_box_with_label(
+                    img_bytes,
+                    x,
+                    y,
+                    x + width,
+                    y + height,
+                    label,
+                    f"{box.get('score', '-')}% {int(width * height)}",
+                    thickness=2,
+                    color=box.get("color", (255, 0, 0)),
+                )
 
         ret, jpg = cv2.imencode(".jpg", img_bytes)
         with open(