Yellowknife couple hopeful kittens survived fire that consumed their home

A Yellowknife couple is desperately looking for their two kittens after a fire destroyed their home on Monday.

Jeanette Silver and her partner Trevor Selig were near High Level, Alta., on the road to Nova Scotia for a vacation when they heard their home in Yellowknife was on fire in the Northlands Trailer Park.

Their home was one of two neighbouring units completely destroyed in a fire Monday afternoon.

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"One of the neighbours actually broke the door down to check to see if there was animals in there," said Selig, who is hopeful his pets made it out.

"They must have been scared and were hiding. They left the door open and [the cats]got out. They are in the neighbourhood here loose and we can't find them."

Skittles is ninemonths old, Snickers just sixmonths.

"Skittles is a tabby cat," Silver said. "He is very skittish. And Snickers is a black and white cat and he is very lovable. They are both very scared.

"I just want our boys back."

Couple lost allpossessions

Silver and Selig returned to Yellowknife Monday evening.Silver saidthe fire took all of their possessions.

The fire started just before 2 p.m. Monday. It took 18 firefighters and two pumper/aerial trucks to put it out.

Gusting winds drove the smoke and fire towardother units. Fire crews were able to stop the fire from spreading, but could not save the two homes.

Friends searched late into thenight for the cats,and searched the next day as well.

"It would mean so much to find them and be able to see them again," said friend Kayla Peckford.

Silver and her partner do not know the cause of the fire, but say it started next door and spread to their home.

The fire marshal is investigating.