Cats Die In Ventura House Fire

Saturday September 28, 2024

(Photos courtesy Ventura City Fire Department)

     Four cats died, one survived, in a fire in a single family home in Ventura late Saturday afternoon.

     The fire was reported shortly before 5 PM in the 700 block of Olympia Avenue, a residential neighborhood between Telephone Road and the 126 Freeway, east of Montgomery Avenue.

     It's about two blocks away from Ventura Fire Station 4.

     When firefighters arrived, they found a fully involved attic fire.

      Crews on the roof created ventilation for the flames while crews inside the structure worked to extinguish it at the source.

     The fire was controlled 40 minutes after the first units arrived.

     Firefighters from Ventura City were joined by firefighters from Oxnard City and the Ventura County departments in battling the blaze.

     All of the people in the home got out OK, there were no injuries.

     However, four of the five family cats were killed.

     Cause of the fire is under investigation.