Individual rescued, 7 cats rescued in 1 of two Worcester, MA fires – NBC Boston

A home hearth left an individual injured and 7 cats useless in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Friday evening, officers stated.

It was one among two fires that broke out inside about half an hour within the metropolis, the Worcester Fireplace Division stated.

The primary was reported about 11:12 p.m. in a mixed-use constructing on Most important Avenue, by Federal Avenue, close to Metropolis Corridor. The constructing had harm on the skin, which prolonged to the within, although the harm there was minor, hearth officers stated.

At 11:46 p.m. got here the report of one other hearth, on Neptune Street. First responders noticed heavy hearth coming from three sides of a single-family, two-story house, in keeping with the fireplace division.

Firefighters rescued an individual, who was taken to a neighborhood hospital to be evaluated and handled; hearth officers did not share data on their situation. Fourteen cats had been additionally discovered on the house, seven of which died, the fireplace division stated.

Each fires had been beneath investigation as of Saturday morning, and there was no phrase on the reason for both incident. No accidents had been reported within the Most important Avenue hearth.