SPOKESMAN — Twenty-seven cats died Wednesday in a Spokane Valley house fire.
Firefighters received a call at about 12:50 p.m. about smoke coming from the home in the 4200 block of North Avalon Road, said Patrick Erickson, Spokane Valley Fire Department spokesman.
Erickson said crews found smoke coming from the attic of the home and quickly knocked down the fire, which was in the kitchen.
No one was home at the time of the blaze, but firefighters searched the home and found 27 dead cats inside, Erickson said.
Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service removed the cats from the home and preserved them for the investigation, said Spokane County spokesman Pat Bell.