Dog, cat die in West Devon fire

O'Leary firefighters responded to a house fire in West Devon, P.E.I., early Tuesday morning.

Around 12:20 a.m., about 35 firefighters arrived to see a one-storey bungalow in West Devonfully engulfed in flames, according Ron Phillips, chief of the O'Leary Fire Department.

The people living in the home got out safely, he said, but a dog and cat were killed in the fire.

Phillips said half the house is standing and the other half was destroyed.

The cause of the fire is unknown, he said.

Firefighters also responded to a tire fire approximately an hour before the house fire roughly 500 feet down the road, Phillips said.

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