Firefighters Able to Save Some Pets...

[Cinder & Smoke]

Quoted from http://www.Firehouse.com ~

"New Orleans, LA
August 30, 2002

-- Onlookers credited heroic efforts by firefighters for saving several of the animals.

The blaze began shortly after 6 a.m. and quickly spread through a row of eight townhouses. Officials say a common attic allowed the fire to move rapidly through the block..."

The Original Firehouse.com page. (http://www.firehouse.com/news/2002/8/30_Ppets.html)

Pictures of the Fire (NONE are gruesome, a few Animal Rescue Shots)...

WWLTV Slideshow: 7 Alarm Blaze: Firefighters Battle Lower Garden District Inferno. (http://www.wwltv.com/local/slideshow3/slideshow01.htm)

Good Work, Firefighters! :D

[Karen]

Yay! So scary, but so good that they rescued all the animals, that was a frightening-looking fire!

[lynnestankard]

Many thanks Phred. Don't these stories just give us strength.
Among all the heat, smoke and horror - men were risking their lives to save the dogs and cats housed there. How wonderful. It just restores my faith in human nature. God bless ALL firemen - everywhere.
Lynne

[Albea]

http://www.gifs.net/animate/beefour.gif Thanks for that link Phred. Bless you and all the firefighters for the courageous work you do!

[mel55smiles]

HI!!! YEA, THAT WAS SCARY...
I LIVE IN LA AND IT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS..
I USED TO LIVE NEAR WHERE IT HAPPEND, NOW I LIVE AN HOUR AWAY

[tatsxxx11]

Amazing, incredible, photos. Many, many thanks to the heroic , courageous firefighters who risked their lives to save these pets. Every day they put their lives on the line for us all!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Quoted from http://www.Firehouse.com...

"...about 40 animals -- including 14 cats at the Cat Practice, pets in apartments, and a dog at the neighboring Cat & Dog Boarding & Grooming at 1823 Magazine St. -- had died in the fire that federal fire officials suspect was the work of an arsonist. Nearly a block of historic buildings was heavily damaged and about 10 apartments were destroyed.

Melba, an 18-month-old calico, and Mr. Boy Boy, a 9-month-old gray cat with black stripes, were saved because they had been sneezing and were isolated on the first floor of the building with the one other cat saved inside the Cat Practice..."

Read the entire article about Melba and Mr Boy Boy at this Firehouse.com page:

"Cats in the right place during fire..." (http://webpublisher.lexisnexis.com/index.asp?layout=story&gid=1990000599&cid=110003011&did=46P9-C0G0-0103-X1JT-00000-00)