Cats rescued from fire in Chartiers Township
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A firefighter carries a cat from a house fire Wednesday afternoon in Chartiers Township.
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire Wednesday at a house on Valley Road in Chartiers Township.
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First responders from Fort Cherry Ambulance and Canonsburg Hospital Ambulance Service give oxygen to a cat rescued from a house fire Wednesday in Chartiers Township.
Two cats were pulled from a burning home in Chartiers Township Wednesday afternoon.
The residents of 305 Valley Road were not home about 1:45 p.m. when the fire started, according to Chartiers firefighter Fred Simpson.
“All of the animals were accounted for,” he said.
Once removed from the house, the cats were treated with oxygen by Canonsburg EMS.
Simpson said the fire started in the basement, one room of which was damaged. He said the first and second floors in the home had smoke damage, but he said the house “can be cleaned and repaired.”
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First responders from Canonsburg Hospital Ambulance Service treat two cats that were rescued by firefighters Wednesday from a home on Valley Road in Chartiers Township.
He said there were no injuries except for a Cecil firefighter who suffered slight smoke inhalation but refused treatment. Simpson said the cause of the fire is known, but he did not wish to identify it before talking to the residents.
Assisting were Cecil, Muse and Canonsburg firefighters, along with Chartiers Township police.
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire Wednesday at a house on Valley Road in Chartiers Township.