Two dogs and several chinchillas are dead after a fire at a southwest Calgary home on Monday morning.
According to Carol Henke of the Calgary Fire Department, firefighters were called to a fire at the 0-100 block of Cougarstone Cove Southwest at around 10:40 a.m. Henke said there were reports of flames coming from the exhaust at the side of the building.
There was significant smoke and fire damage to the main floor, as well as some smoke damage to the second and third floors. The basement was not damaged.
Henke said two dogs and several chinchillas were killed in the fire and a third dog was taken to a nearby emergency vet. Two turtles survived the fire. Nobody was home at the time of the fire.
According to a release on Monday afternoon, the fire originated in the kitchen and is not considered suspicious. The home had working smoke alarms.
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