Dog Kennel Fire

[Liberalynn]

This is so sad. 10 dogs died including a guide dog for a hearing impaired woman. It's a tragic reminder to keep fire hydrants shoveled out and pathways cleared, if you live in a snow belt area. Firefighters had trouble getting to the site and the water.
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3728315.shtml?cat=565

My heart goes out to the humans whose fur babies were lost.

[shenmue]

1. Oh no!

Rest in peace.

[Liberalynn]

3. My heart breaks

when I read or hear about things like this happening. Marnie's trainer is taking in some of the surviving dogs free of charge until their owners can claim them. They , must be so scared. She's great though so I know she will comfort them, as best she can.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. ..

[Liberalynn]

4. I know. I gave my Marnie extra hugs and kisses tonight.

I am so glad our town had our DPW dig out our fire hydrants. In the on air piece the fire chief said the hydrants were covered with snow and the fire crew had to shovel to get close enough to the fire to fight it.

[brer cat]

5. How tragic.

Terrifying for the poor trapped animals. RIP sweet babies.

[Liberalynn]

7. A few members of the kennel staff risked their

own lives to get as many out as they could but weren't able to get to all in time. Can't even imagine how hard this has to be on the people who lost their babies.

[Habibi]

6. Oh, God.

I used to board my dogs there.

Poor darlings. Poor darlings.

[Liberalynn]

8. The news has been saying

this is a well known and popular kennel. So sad for all involved.

[magical thyme]

9. aw, nooo....

[Liberalynn]

10. They just interviewed our dog's trainer on the news.

She was called in to aid in rounding up the surviving dogs who didn't need veterinary care and keep them at her facility until their families could get to them. She started to tear up.

I felt the worst for the hearing impaired woman. They interviewed her again tonight. At first the fire officials told her they thought her dog had been taken to the vet,so her family drove her there, the dog wasn't there. Turns out, hers was one of the ones the volunteers couldn't get to and was lost to the fire. She said it wasn't an official service dog but acted as one any way. When she has had time to grieve, I hope someone gets her another dog to help.

[Liberalynn]

11. The final number was increased to 13

Still so sad over this. All the local news stations still reporting on it tonight.