Suffolk (VA) firefighters managed to rescue a cat from a raging structure fire earlier this week.
At roughly 2:20 a.m. on September 18, 2022, Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to the 6200 Block of Oakglen Drive, in North Suffolk, for a residential duplex fire.
Engine 25, Engine 5, Ladder 11, Battalion 2, and Medic 5, arrived at 2:27 a.m. to find heavy fire and smoke showing from a two-story residential duplex. All occupants were outside of both structures when firefighters and medics arrived but it was reported that the family pets were still inside the structure.
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Firefighters initiated a transitional fire attack on the garage portion of the duplex as crews performed a search of the structure. Due to the heavy fire conditions in the initial duplex, the fire spread through the attic to the exposure duplex. Firefighters were able to rescue one of the family’s two pet cats. One pet perished. No firefighters or no civilians were injured, and the fire was placed under control 3:09 a.m.
The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by the Suffolk Fire Marshal’s Office with Fire Marshal 6 leading the investigation.
Responding units included Car 1, Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Engine 25, Engine 5, Engine 10, Chesapeake Engine 12, Ladder 11, Ladder 3, Rescue 1, Medic 5, EMS 2, Safety 1, Rehab 6, and Fire Marshal 6.
