Cat Killed In Franklin Twp Fire: Police
A cat was killed in a house fire in Franklin Township Saturday, June 13, authorities sad.
At 8:21 p.m., officers responded to a report of a garage fire in the 100 block of Willow Avenue, Franklin Township police said. While firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, the home was deemed uninhabitable, police said.
A Good Samaritan assisted in removing a dog, though they suffered a minor bite wound on their finger, police said. The dog was safely removed from the residence, although one cat was found deceased and another is unaccounted for, police said.
The fire remains under …
Dog Intentionally Scalded By Abusive Gansevoort Owner Seeking To Cause Pain: Police
A Capital Region woman has been arrested for scalding her dog with an unknown substance multiple times, causing devastating burns and an infection, police said Thursday, May 28.
Vanessa French, 57, first encountered police around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 20 following a disturbance call on Saratoga Road in Moreau, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators determined French, of Gansevoort, had intentionally injured her companion dog with the substance on more than one occasion, authorities said.
She was arrested Tuesday, May 26 on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals and …
DelawareTwp Barn Fire Kills Five Horses, Four Cats: GoFundMe
A barn fire in Delaware Township killed five horses and four cats on Thursday, May 14, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser set up to support the family.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find one barn fully involved, the Delaware Township Fire Company. Crews were able to knock down the fire in under 20 minutes, while overhaul operations on the original barn continued for nearly two hours, firefighters said.
The fire killed Rose Crespolini's five horses: Mo, Ben, Buddy, Abby and Paisley, along with her barn cats, Batman, Thumbelina and Thumbelina's two 4-week old kittens, Lauren…
Hero Dog Saves Sleeping Woman From Maryland Camper Fire, Officials Say
A Maryland woman is recovering after a heroic dog helped her escape a burning camper trailer blaze, according to the State Fire Marshal.
The fire broke out around 2:18 p.m. Friday, April 11, inside a Sunline Solaris camper on Dogwood Court in Millington.
At the time, the owner and only occupant was asleep, officials said, when an electrical failure inside the trailer sparked the blaze.
There were no smoke alarms inside, but one of the woman's pet dogs began barking and woke her up, alerting her to the danger.
The woman tried to put out the fire but wasn’t able to stop it, according to the…
70+ Dead Animals Found Inside Vacant Old Saybrook Home
More than 70 dead animals were found inside a vacant Connecticut home on Wednesday morning, Jan. 29, according to authorities.
Authorities said they found the animals inside a home on River Street in Old Saybrook. A call to Old Saybrook police was not immediately returned.
The animals were a menagerie of rabbits, chickens, opossums, cats, a dove, and a skunk, among others, police said in a release. None of the animals were alive.
“This morning, we walked in, and it was piled high with trash and dead animal carcasses,” Tanner Orlowski with Clean In Between told WTNH. “When we st…
