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A SOUTH NORFOLK FAMILY IS
WITHOUT A HOME, AND
SEVERAL OF THEIR PETS
TONIGHT.
A LITTLE AFTER NINE THIS
THROUGH THE
HOUSE ON THE 22-HUNDRED
BLOCK OF ARDMORE AVENUE.
THE FAMILY WAS NOT HOME
DURING THE FIRE, AND
THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
BUT, SEVERAL OF THE
FAMILY'S PETS DIED IN THE
BLAZE.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAUREN
COMPTON IS IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON
ABOUT 30 FIREFIGHTERS
RESPONDED TO THE LARGE
THEY GOT THERE SMOKE WAS
POURING FROM THE TWO
STORY HOME.
IT TOOK THEM ABOUT 15
MINUTES TO KNOCK DOWN THE
BLAZE, BUT
THEY COULD NOT RESCUE ALL
OF THE ANIMALS INSIDE.
THE CHESAPEAKE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THREE
DOGS, FOUR CATS, TWO
BIRDS, ONE IGUANA AND,
SEVERAL FERRETS DIED IN
THIS FIRE.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO
ONE CAT IN THE
TOUGH THEY
COULDN'T GET ALL THE PETS
OUT.
CPT. SCOTT SAUNDERS, PIO,
"WHEN YOU
COME TO THESE HOUSE FIRES
IT'S HARD ENOUGH THAT THE
ON THEM AND IT'S JUST
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
LIKE TO SEE."
THE TWO ADULTS AND ONE
CHILD WHO LIVED IN THIS
HOME DO HAVE INSURANCE.
AND, THEIR INSURANCE
COMPANY IS HELPING THEM
FIND A PLACE
ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED
THE FIRE. IN THE
NEWSROOM, LAUREN COMPTON