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Electric blanket on cat sparks Arvada house fire
Posted: Feb 12, 2012 9:48 AM by Matt Stafford
Updated: Feb 12, 2012 10:01 AM
DENVER (AP) - Authorities say an electric blanket placed over a cat resting in its favorite chair sparked a fire that killed the pet and significantly damaged an Arvada home.
Scott Pribble, spokesman for the Arvada Fire Protection District, says three adults living in the home were awakened by a fire alarm just before 4 a.m. Sunday. They escaped without injury, but the fire destroyed the home's two-car garage and spread to the attic.
Pribble tells The Denver Post that freezing temperatures meant firefighters had to contend with slick conditions outside.
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