Two homes damaged, cat killed in fire

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Two homes were damaged in a Redwood Avenue fire that killed a pet early Monday.

Firefighters were sent to a two-storey house on the 400 block at 3:31 a.m. They fought the fire from outside and declared it under control at 4:40 a.m.

Some residents got out before crews arrived. Firefighters evacuated some neighbouring homes as a precaution.

A cat was found dead during a search of the homes.

The home where the fire started, and a neighbouring home, sustained damage.

The fire was the second in the 400 block of Redwood in two days. Crews extinguished a fire at a boarded-up, two-storey home late Sunday morning. The fire was the fourth at that structure since October 2023.

Crews extinguished fires in two other vacant houses Monday morning. Firefighters were sent to a two-and-a-half storey house on the 200 block of Spence Street at 7:39 a.m. and declared the fire under control at 8:30 a.m.

Firefighters were sent to a vacant house on the 200 block of Selkirk Avenue at 8:43 a.m. and declared the fire under control at 8:52 a.m.