One dog died but three other pets were saved in a mobile home fire Thursday evening in the Town of Monpelier.
The Luxemburg Community Fire Department were dispatched to the home on Sleepy Hollow Road at 7:45 p m. as flames were pouring through the front of the house and was starting to break through the roof. Crews were able to extinguish the fire first by working around areas where the roof was collapsing and then in voids between the ceiling and the roof.
No one was home when the fire erupted but there were pets inside. One dog died but two other dogs and a cat were able to be saved. No cause has been determined but the mobile home sufferend extensive damage from the fire, smoke and water. Kewaunee, Denmark, New Franken, and Casco fire departments provided assistance for the nearly four-hour blaze while Brussels-Union-Gardner and Ledgeview fire departments provided backfill support at the vacant fire stations.