Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a house fire in the community of Riverbend on Thursday, saving two cats.
Crews were called to a home in the 0-100 block of Riverbend Gate S.E. at around 9:20 a.m. for reports of a garage fire that had spread to a home.
"When fire crews arrived on scene, there was a shed, a garage that had started on fire and the house had already started on fire as well," said Carol Henke, Calgary Fire Department spokesperson. Henke says though firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading further, a neighbouring home did sustain some damage."Actually, one of the neighbours, before fire crews even arrived, tried to extinguish the shed with a garden hose, but the heat just became too much and he had to back away," Henke said.
She says two felines were rescued from the basement of the home, but a dog from a neighbouring house went missing during the chaos.The dog, named Nueka, was still missing as of Thursday morning.
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