A number of dogs and cat died in a house fire. Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service were called to a property on fire at Southwold Drive, Wollaton, at around 3.50pm on Sunday, August 14.
Crews from the Arnold, Ilkeston, Stapleford, Long Eaton and London Road fire stations attended. Eight firefighters using breathing apparatus sets entered the property and tackled the fire.
No people were found inside but sadly five dogs and a cat could not be saved. In a statement on Facebook from the Stapleford Fire Station, a spokesman said: "While I thank and acknowledge the hard work that our crews and blue night partners put in to this incident, I would still urge the public, to check you have a working smoke alarm."
Read more: Man and woman accused of attempted murder after serious incident
The fire service recommends everyone has at least one working smoke alarm on each floor of a property. It was a busy weekend for the emergency services. To the north of the county, houses were evacuated due to a major grass fire in Forest Town.
It comes a week after 11 cats and a parrot died in a house fire in Highbury Vale, near Bulwell.
Read next:
