More than 40 dogs killed in North Las Vegas house fire
Version 0 of 1. More than three dozen dogs were killed last weekend when a fire broke out in a suburban Las Vegas home, according to reports. North Las Vegas Fire Department Capt. Cedric Williams told the Associated Press that some dogs were spotted outside the house when authorities responded to the scene Sunday night. But most of the animals were found inside the home, which was already filled with smoke when crews arrived. “We have pet-rescue masks, and many were resuscitated,” Williams told AP. “They did a wonderful job.” The AP initially reported that at least 41 dogs died in the blaze, while 52 more made it out. By Monday afternoon, however, the death toll from the fire had grown. The AP reports that the property is owned by Isaac Barron, a local councilman. Barron told the AP in a statement that he’d been renting the house to tenants, whom he’d been trying to evict. Barron did not immediately return an e-mail from The Post on Monday, and a telephone message left with a spokesman was also not immediately returned. |