Beuvry kitchen fire displaces two residents, four cats dead, Digi Mart USA News (Beuvry, Pas-de-Calais, France): Two residents were forced to leave their home on rue Pasteur in Beuvry, in the Pas-de-Calais department, on the morning of Monday, November 9, after a fire broke out in their kitchen. Firefighters intervened from 3:20 a.m.
to 7:20 a.m. Four of the couple’s five cats died, and the fifth remains missing.
The fire was reported around 3:20 a.m. on Monday, and firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in a residence.
A total of 16 firefighters were mobilized to bring the blaze under control. Upon arrival, rescuers found a fire in the kitchen of a two-story house.
According to a statement from the Beuvry town hall, “a deep fryer reportedly caught fire around 2 a.m.” The flames threatened to spread into the attic space, and firefighters had to deploy a fire hose to extinguish them.
No human victims were reported. The two occupants of the home had to leave and were relocated to the homes of family members, according to a statement from the SDIS 62 fire service.
The fire, however, killed four of their five cats, and the fifth is still unaccounted for.
Firefighters from Béthune and Nœux-les-Mines remained on scene until 7:20 a.m. Rue Pasteur was closed to traffic for the duration of the operation.
Police, Enedis, GRDF and a local municipal official were also present at the scene.
