Racine house fire; heavy damage to basement, 3 cats dead
RACINE - A Racine home was damaged by a fire early Tuesday morning, Dec. 31. It happened around 3:40 a.m. near 8th Avenue and Shoreland Drive.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found a fire in the basement of the single-story home.
One of the residents stated that she woke up because she was having trouble breathing and then realized that there was a fire in the home.
The home sustained heavy fire and smoke damage to the basement and light smoke damage to the first floor.
No injuries occurred to the residents or fire personnel.
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Three cats died in the home.
The Racine Police Department assisted with traffic control on the scene. We Energies shut off the electrical and gas service to the home.