Seventeen cats that were in a pet hotel were killed after a fire broke out at a strip mall in Los Angeles, according to fire officials.
The strip mall includes about a dozen businesses, including CatPlaceLA, a boarding facility for felines.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to seven businesses, including a nail salon, smoke shop, martial arts studio, staffing agency and the pet facility, authorities said. Five of those businesses were gutted due to the heavy flames, fire officials said. Firefighters removed 19 cats from the smoke-filled pet boarding facility but were only able to save two of them, according to the LAFD.
Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department respond to the scene of a major emergency structure fire that left a responder injured and 17 pet cats being housed in a facility in the strip mall, dead, according to reports, in the Palms area of Los Angeles, Sept. 17, 2022.
Officials said it took more than an hour to put out the flames and that no civilians were hurt in the fire.The LAFD is investigating the cause of the fire.
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