Cat Rescued, Dog Perishes and 4 Made Homeless by North Hollywood Fire
Though their cat was rescued by ÃûæÂÖ±²¥fighters, a family mourned the loss of their pet dog Friday evening, after it persished in flames that engulfed their east San Fernando Valley residence, leaving them homeless.
The was notified at 6:09 PM on January 15, 2016 by the 9-1-1 call of a passerby, to respond to in , where firefighters arrived quickly to find smoke showing from a .
Thirty-seven firefighters under the command of Battalion Chief Ellis Fortman, made a well-coordinated attack on the conflagration, safely rescuing a pet cat from the heat and smoke charged residence. Their simultaneous effort to rescue a pet dog from the inferno however, proved fruitless, with the canine succumbing to the flames.
The bulk of fire was confined to one bedroom and the attic, and extinguished in just twenty minutes. No LAFD responders were injured.
The family of four related adults had been away when fire erupted in their 95 year-old residence, that was not equipped with functional .
Disaster Action Team volunteers from the assisted the four made homeless by the fire, while Chief Fortman provided the family with immediate monetary aid via the .
Fire loss is estimated at $175,000 ($125,000 structure & $50,000 contents). The cause of the blaze was determined to be electrical in nature.
Dispatched Units: E60 E86 E102 E278 T78 RA878 RA78 E239 T39 EM14 BC14 T60 E260
