Cat rescued from burning Edinburgh home

Firefighters rescued a family cat from a second floor apartment fire at a home in Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon.

According to reports from the Edinburgh Fire and Rescue Department and Edinburgh Police Department, firefighters and police were called to the 400 block of East Thompson Street about a residential fire at about 2:56 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Rescue workers found heavy smoke and fire coming from a second-story apartment of a multifamily home.

Firefighters from Edinburgh, Amity, Franklin, Nineveh and German Township attacked the fire. Police Chief Doyne Little says the firefighters quickly stopped the spread of the fire and pulled the family’s cat from the blaze. Seals Ambulance medics gave the cat oxygen and the family took the cat to the vet to be checked out.

No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Photo credit: Seal Medics give the cat oxygen to save its life. Photo courtesy of Amity Fire Photographer Heidi Burton.