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Firefighters rescue guinea pig from burning home
THE BLOTTER 5:13 AM CDT, April 1, 2008 Rescuing dogs and cats from a fire is not unusual for firefighters. But for Palatine firefighters the rescue and resuscitation of a guinea pig from an apartment blaze in the northwest suburb Monday evening may have been a first.
Responding to a report of heavy black smoke coming from a second-floor apartment unit in the 1800 block of North Goodwin Drive in Palatine's Winchester Hills Apartments at 4:52 p.m., Palatine Fire Department crews performed a search and rescue operation for any occupants in need of help when they arrived on the scene. Although all of the residents were evacuated from the three-story, six-unit complex without injury or in need of assistance, firefighters did find a pet guinea pig suffering from smoke inhalation in one of the units and successfully treated the furry creature with oxygen, according to Palatine Fire Battalion Chief Randy Freise.
A pet bird also was found suffering from smoke inhalation. Unfortunately, however, it did not survive.
The fire, which was confined to the second-floor apartment unit, was extinguished at 5:07 p.m., Freise noted in a press release. Although the second-floor unit was left uninhabitable, residents in the rest of the building were expected to be able to return to the building late Monday night. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of early Tuesday morning.
Palatine police assisted in evacuating the apartment building as well as neighboring buildings, and units from the [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/illinois/cook-county-PLGEO100100501000000.topic"]Arlington Heights[/URL] Fire Department assisted in fighting the blaze.
Firefighters rescue guinea pig from burning home
THE BLOTTER 5:13 AM CDT, April 1, 2008 Rescuing dogs and cats from a fire is not unusual for firefighters. But for Palatine firefighters the rescue and resuscitation of a guinea pig from an apartment blaze in the northwest suburb Monday evening may have been a first.
Responding to a report of heavy black smoke coming from a second-floor apartment unit in the 1800 block of North Goodwin Drive in Palatine's Winchester Hills Apartments at 4:52 p.m., Palatine Fire Department crews performed a search and rescue operation for any occupants in need of help when they arrived on the scene. Although all of the residents were evacuated from the three-story, six-unit complex without injury or in need of assistance, firefighters did find a pet guinea pig suffering from smoke inhalation in one of the units and successfully treated the furry creature with oxygen, according to Palatine Fire Battalion Chief Randy Freise.
A pet bird also was found suffering from smoke inhalation. Unfortunately, however, it did not survive.
The fire, which was confined to the second-floor apartment unit, was extinguished at 5:07 p.m., Freise noted in a press release. Although the second-floor unit was left uninhabitable, residents in the rest of the building were expected to be able to return to the building late Monday night. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of early Tuesday morning.
Palatine police assisted in evacuating the apartment building as well as neighboring buildings, and units from the [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/illinois/cook-county-PLGEO100100501000000.topic"]Arlington Heights[/URL] Fire Department assisted in fighting the blaze.
