An apartment hearth in eastern Columbia resulted in the rescue of two four-legged good friends Sunday.
The Columbia Hearth Division responded at about 4:02 p.m. Sunday to The Greens apartment complicated in the 4800 block of Clark Lane.
The fire was coming from a next-story condominium dependent on photos posted to social media by the fireplace section.
Two dogs have been rescued from the condominium hearth and dealt with with oxygen and other emergency treatment before they ended up transferred to animal control for further more evaluation and cure. The dogs have been up and walking inside 20 minutes centered on social media timestamps.
Not all animals survived. One particular cat and two rabbits had been killed as a end result of the hearth.
The hearth department had the blaze less than command in 10 minutes and had been venting the condominium of smoke.
A ladder truck was on scene of the hearth. The fireplace begun in the kitchen when combustible things arrived in get in touch with with the stovetop, the section reported.
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