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Candles Sparked House Fire That Burned Residents, Killed Pet Cat In VA: Officials Candles Sparked House Fire That Burned Residents, Killed Pet Cat In VA: Officials
Candles Sparked House Fire That Burned Residents, Killed Pet Cat In VA: Officials Candles have been identified as the cause of a Loudoun County house fire that left three residents displaced, killed a cat, and injured a dog, officials said. Plumes of smoke and flames shot out of the North Fillmore Avenue home in Sterling when firefighters arrived around 2 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, fire officials said. All occupants were confirmed out of the house as firefighters worked to locate and extinguish the fire. Crews extinguished the fire on the first floor and exterior of the home as additional crews checked for fire extension and searched for the homeowners’ missing pets.  O…

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by Cecilia Levine
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VA Dog Chokes On Fishhooked Meat Chunk; PETA Pitches In To Find Culprit VA Dog Chokes On Fishhooked Meat Chunk; PETA Pitches In To Find Culprit
VA Dog Chokes On Fishhooked Meat Chunk; PETA Pitches In To Find Culprit A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for planting pieces of sausage embedded with fishhooks around Alexandria. The harrowing discovery was made when resident Sarah Eberhardt was walking her dog Potato near Duke and Ingram streets, around 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 7, officials said. Potato picked up one of the sausage pieces and began gagging on it. Eberhardt called Animal Services, which canvassed the area and found nine sausage pieces with hooks inside them. After a visit to an emergency animal hospital, Potato is home…

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by Cecilia Levine