Dogs, ferret perish, but cats survive Brady Township fire

May 04, 2023 Last Updated: May 03, 2023 09:25 PM Local News

Two kittens share an oxygen mask inside a Butler Ambulance Service vehicle in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Four kittens and their mother were pulled from a smoke-filled mobile home. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

BRADY TWP — Four dogs and a ferret died in a fire Wednesday, May 3, at a mobile home on Lilac Lane, according to officials.

The family who resided at 130 Lilac Lane were not at home at the time of the fire, and five cats — a mother and four kittens — were rescued.

The cats received oxygen following the rescue and appeared to be in good condition, said Mike Pflugh of the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company.

The fire took place at the Brady Hills mobile home park in Brady Township.

Pflugh said he first spotted the fire while on call for a separate medical emergency.

“As we drove by, we saw a large amount of smoke coming from this trailer,” said Pflugh. “I had us dispatched for a structural fire response. I did an interior attack … stopped it at the kitchen, where it appears the fire started.”

Pflugh said the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical.

The fire was under control by 12:45 p.m.

Two kittens receive oxygen after being rescued from a mobile home fire Wednesday, May 3. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Emily Carroll, left, gives a kitten a dab of water from her fingertip as John Vansicklin holds the animal, pulled from a smoke-filled mobile home, at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Carroll and Vansicklin work for Butler Ambulance Service and were dispatched to a medical call a few doors up Lilac Street before the mobile home fire started. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Delaney McQuaide, right, pets her cat, Jasper, as Ashlyn Reiland holds her, after being revived along with four kittens, in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. McQuaide and Reiland's home caught fire resulting in the death of four dogs and a ferret. Firefighters and medical personnel rescued the unresponsive felines and gave aid. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

John Vansicklin and Emily Carroll, with Butler Ambulance Service, move a cat after reviving it with oxygen in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The team said this is the first time in their combined 46 years that they aided in the recovery of a cat and four kittens. The cat was moving around the ambulance on its own power and hid under the gurney. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Emily Carroll, with Butler Ambulance Service, left, and Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Captain Greg Parker, right, gives oxygen to an unresponsive cat pulled from a smoke-filled mobile home at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Greg Parker, center, carries a cat and her four kittens to an ambulance for medical support in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Two kittens receive medical aid and oxygen inside a Butler Ambulance Service vehicle in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/butler Eagle

A cat and her four kittens receive medical aid inside a Butler Ambulance Service vehicle in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The five cats were rescued from a smoke-filled mobile home. Four dogs and a ferret perished in the fire. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Greg Parker pulled a basket of unresponsive kittens and a mother cat from a smoke-filled mobile home at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Unionville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Pflugh, left, runs from a smoke filled mobile home at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Pflugh, first on scene, was only a few doors up the road on a medical call when the incident was called in. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Greg Parker gives air from his breathing apparatus to an unresponsive cat pulled from a smoke-filled mobile home at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Volunteer firefighters quickly knocked down and contained a mobile home fire at Brady Hills Mobile Home Park in Brady Township on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle