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Plus de 300 animaux sauvés d'un incendie de résidence

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More than 300 animals rescued from house fire
By JASON BAIN, QMI Agency

Last Updated: January 31, 2011 8:16pm

More than 300 animals were rescued from a Fenelon Falls home and moved to shelters across the province after a fire.
Play VideoFENELON FALLS, Ont. — More than 300 animals were rescued from a home following a fire that drew firefighters into conditions so deplorable, fire officials want the building condemned.

With "a few inches" of feces on the floor and a toxic smell beyond imagination, Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service acting fire Chief Pat Twohey said he's never seen anything like it.

"Not to this extent," he said.

The cats, dogs, birds, rats, rabbits, gerbils and hamsters were moved to shelters in 50 Ontario communities by Ontario Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) and Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes staff. Veterinarians were also called in to assess the animals.

"As (firefighters) were crawling into the building, animals were running past them to get out," Twohey said.

Crews quickly knocked down the fire Saturday at the rear of the home, limiting damage to an estimated $10,000 to the building and $5,000 to its contents.

It is believed to have been caused by a baseboard heater that either faulted or ignited feces that was inside of it, Twohey said.

Incredibly, no animals were killed.

It was an emotional return home for the female owner of the building about an hour after the fire was reported. She was called at the pet store she works at in Peterborough, Ont., by next-door neighbour Chris Verlint-Slykhuis.

After being consoled by firefighters and City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Const. Rob Haney, she began helping humane society staff with the transfer of animals into plastic moving cages.

"Yes, I have a lot of cats. I have a lot of cats because I love cats, so f--- off," she snapped at media at the scene.

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http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/31/17104361.html

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