A fire blamed on unattended cooking left one dog dead at a Lincoln apartment building April 22.
Firefighters with Engines 1, 3 and 10, Trucks 1 and 8, Battalion 1, Medic 1 and Air 14 were dispatched to an apartment fire at 1111 E. Street in near south Lincoln around 3 p.m. Crews found heavy smoke from three side of the
One occupant was rescued from a second floor apartment where the fire started from food left cooking unattended in the kitchen. Two cats and the dog were also rescued from the apartment.
Firefighters Steve Dyer and Bryson Monroe worked for 20 minutes to revive the dog, but were unsuccessful.
Engine 1 Capt. Mark Majors rescued a cat trapped between the window and screen in the kitchen window.
Lincoln crews were able to confine the fire to the apartment of origin under the command of Battalion Chief Bopp
Officials estimate that the fire caused $50,000 in damage.
