PHOTO: The owner of a home damaged by a fire in Lawrence Sunday night says the house was insured, and prayers for her cat that was trapped in the basement were answered.
Lawrence Fire-Rescue Chief Craig Wagner told Action 2 News that the fire at a house near Lawrence Drive and Little Rapids Road near Lawrence has been extinguished and everybody in the house got out safely. The homeowner says that included herself, her fiancé, children, two dogs and two cats.
“Our insurance has been notified. We’re just in shock. thank you to everyone who is offering help and assistance and prayers. For tonight we are safe and clothed and housed thanks to the fast action of this community,” the owner wrote on social media.
She wrote that one cat was trapped but the fire department said the building was too unstable to attempt to rescue it.